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My Favourite Painting: Michael Sandle
Sculptor and draughtsman Michael Sandle chooses a haunting Arctic image by Caspar David Friedrich.
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My Favourite Painting: Deborah Swallow
Professor Deborah Swallow of the Courtauld Institute chooses an image by Oskar Kokoschka.
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My Favourite Painting: Norman Hammond
Norman Hammond, the archaeology correspondent of The Times chooses a work by Michael Ayrton.
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My Favourite Painting: Sarah Fletcher
Sarah Fletcher, the high mistress of St Paul's Girls' School, chooses a picture that hangs in her very own office.
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My Favourite Painting: Ronnie Wood
Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones picks his favourite painting for Country Life, an El Greco masterpiece that hangs in Toledo.
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My Favourite Painting: Matthew Parris
The journalist, presenter and erstwhile politician chooses a lesser-known work by Edvard Munch.
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My favourite painting: Emma Bridgewater
'For me, it’s like a prayer. Or a meditation,' says Emma Bridgewater of her favourite painting.
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My Favourite Painting: Jane Glover
Musicican Jane Glover chooses one of the greatest works of art in Venetian history.
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My Favourite Painting: Julian Sands
The actor Julian Sands chooses one of art history's most extraordinary archaeological finds: the Steppe Bison painted at the Cave of Altamira, which he had the good fortune to see in person.
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My Favourite Painting: David Anderson
The director of the National Museum Cardiff chooses a portrait by Josef Herman of one of Wales's great modern poets.
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My Favourite Painting: Alice Strang
Alice Strang of the National Galleries of Scotland chooses a 1920s work by Agnes Miller Parker.
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My Favourite Painting: Stephen Fry
Stephen Fry chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
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My Favourite Painting: Nick Hewer
Countdown presenter Nick Hewer is inspired by a recent trip to Japan to choose this iconic painting.
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My Favourite Painting: George Plumptre
The chief executive of the NGS — and a regular contributor to Country Life — chooses a family portrait which hangs in his family home.
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My Favourite Painting: Frances Morris
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, chooses an absorbing abstract.
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My Favourite Painting: Tracy Jones
The National Gallery's Tracy Jones chooses a haunting image painted by Paul Delaroche.
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My Favourite Painting: Patrick Baty
The paint historian chooses an equine masterpiece from a century ago.
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My favourite painting: Martin Waller
Martin Waller, the co-founder of design boutique Andrew Martin chooses a raw image by one of New York's most powerful and tragic artists.
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My Favourite Painting: Sarah Raven
'Last year (on the back of a tricky calving season), I fell in love with cows. Looking at this painting is the perfect antidote to an anxiety-filled Brexit, coronavirus world.'
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My Favourite Painting: Duncan Wilson
The chief executive of Historic England chooses a strikingly simple, beautiful image from a modern master.
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My Favourite Painting: Annoushka Ducas
Jewellery designer Annoushka Ducas chooses a René Magritte painting which hangs in the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
