My Favourite Painting
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My Favourite Painting: Robert Adam
Architect Robert Adam chooses a portrait that brings a modern twist to one of the Western civilisation's oldest stories.
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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: Patrick Baty
The paint historian chooses an equine masterpiece from a century ago.
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My favourite painting: The Rt Revd Graham Usher
The Bishop of Norwich feels a deep connection with Constable’s Rainstorm over the Sea, which captures 'the sense of God's immanence'.
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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.
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My Favourite Painting: Tim Hands
Tim Hands chooses a wonderfully warm portrait of one of the most loved thinkers of the Victorian era.
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My Favourite Painting: Martin Yeoman
'There is a sublime and sensual beauty about all aspects of this painting.'
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My Favourite Painting: Viktor Wynd
Artist and collector Viktor Wynd chooses a haunting picture by Austin Osman Spare.
