Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912–2004) spanned the 20th century with a remarkable range of figurative and abstract paintings and drawings that deserve to be better known, says Peyton Skipwith.
The writer chooses an unusual image by the iconic Spanish artist Pablo Picasso.
Andrew Ellis, director of Art UK, chooses a painting by a young war artist who was killed in pursuit of his craft.
This year, Spode celebrates its 250th anniversary. Matthew Dennison tells the story of how this English ceramics manufacturer, still based in the Potteries.
Alice Strang of the National Galleries of Scotland chooses a 1920s work by Agnes Miller Parker.
With his focus on consumerism, celebrity and counter-culture, Andy Warhol (1928–87) helped to create today’s world. Michael Murray-Fennell considers the influential Pop artist.
Stephen Fry chooses his favourite painting for Country Life.
Countdown presenter Nick Hewer is inspired by a recent trip to Japan to choose this iconic painting.
Francis Wheatley RA (1747–1801) is best known today for his ‘Cries of London’, but, as Matthew Dennison explains, he was also a painter of delightful and accomplished portraits and landscapes.
The journalist and broadcaster Jenni Murray talks about a painting that is 'the first illustration of #MeToo'.
Kate Green takes a look at the village of Flatford, in the Dedham Vale AONB, and in particular the cottage that inspired John Constable's most famous painting: The Hay Wain.
The chief executive of the NGS — and a regular contributor to Country Life — chooses a family portrait which hangs in his family home.
In the 300th anniversary year of Piranesi’s birth, Huon Mallalieu considers the architectural fantasies of one of the most widely recognised names in 18th-century Italian art: Giovanni Battista Piranesi.
Frances Morris, Director of Tate Modern, chooses an absorbing abstract.
The rural issues campaigner and president of the Aldeburgh Foot and Drink Festival chooses The Red Boy by Goya, one of the great treasures of New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art.
You're more likely to find artist James Wild hunting through a scrapyard than to find him among the normal haunts of artists, as he seeks materials and inspiration for his work. Lilias Wigan reports.
The National Gallery's Tracy Jones chooses a haunting image painted by Paul Delaroche.
Evelyn and William de Morgan were a husband and wife who were among the most inventive artists of their generation. Caroline Bugler takes a look at their mesmerising work, accompanies by pictures courtesy of the De Morgan Foundation.
The paint historian chooses an equine masterpiece from a century ago.
Galleries and dealers are using the difficulty of the lockdown to showcase their wares in virtual forms, from wartime oils to a cleaning lady and a Turk.
