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My Favourite Painting: Marie Soliman
Interior designer Marie Soliman chooses an unforgettable image by Mark Rothko, one of the most distinctive modern artists of the 20th century.
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My Favourite Painting: Martin St Quinton
The chairman of Cheltenham Racecourse picks a classic image from the equestrian world.
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My Favourite Painting: Alistair Smith
Alistair Smith, editor of The Stage, picks a dark and unsettling Goya that hangs in the Prado — yet was never intended to be put on display.
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My favourite painting: Debbie Wiseman
The composer and conductor picks Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso.
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My Favourite Painting: Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London
Nicholas Lyons, Lord Mayor of London, chooses a dramatic and expressive post-war image.
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My Favourite Painting: Robin Hanbury-Tenison
The explorer Robin Hanbury-Tenison chooses a charmingly traditional portrait that resonates with a long-gone age — yet behind which lurks a troubled soul.
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My Favourite Painting: Kate Corbett-Winder
The gardener and artist Kate Corbett-Winder chooses an Ivon Hitchins painting of nature.
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My favourite painting: Aurore Ankarcrona Hennessey
The director of art at The Arts Club in London chooses a picture from The Arts Club in London.
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My favourite painting: The Duke of Buccleuch
The Duke of Buccleuch's art collection includes works by Thomas Gainsborough and other household names, but he chooses a piece from a more obscure painter.
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My Favourite Painting: Tahir Shah
Author and film-maker Tahir Shah chooses a military portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Philip Hooper
Philip Hooper of Sibyl Colefax & John Fowler chooses a beguiling portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: The Duke of Northumberland
Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland, chooses 'Portrait of the artist with Nicholas Lanier and Sir Charles Cotterell', bought by one of his forbears for just £44.
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My Favourite Painting: Nick Ashley
Nick Ashley chooses Samantha by Alex Katz, an artist who made his name in New York's art scene of the 1980s.
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My Favourite Painting: Jemma Powell
The artist and actress Jemma Powell on a Spanish family portrait.
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My Favourite Painting: Habda Rashid
Habda Rashid, senior curator at Kettle’s Yard and the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge, chooses an image full of 'tension and intimacy'.
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My Favourite Painting: Clare Moriarty
Clare Moriarty of Citizens Advice pushes the boundaries of our feature by choosing not a painting, but a sculpture. Or rather, a series of thousands of sculptures: Anthony Gormley's 'Field for the British Isles'.
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My Favourite Painting: Charles Foster
The writer, barrister and veterinarian Charles Foster on a dramatic seascape by Konstantinovich Aivazovsky.
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My Favourite Painting: The Duchess of Rutland
The Duchess of Rutland chooses a portrait of the woman who was her most eminent predecessor.
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My Favourite Painting: Clare Matterson
Clare Matterson of the RHS chooses an abstract image.
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My Favourite Painting: Cecilia McDowall
Composer Cecilia McDowall chooses a 15th century masterpiece by Fra Angelico.
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My favourite painting: Greg Pickup
Conservationist Greg Pickup chooses a portrait of an early gay rights activist that is simultaneously shabby yet charismatic.
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My Favourite Painting: Xanthe Arvanitakis
The director of Chiswick House chooses a dramatic 17th century portrait.
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The Queen's official portraits: Seven of the most extraordinary paintings from 70 years and over 1,000 sittings
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has been painted literally thousands of times since she came to the throne. Charlotte Mullins reveals some of the secrets behind seven of the most recognisable.
