Let there be scottish enlightenment

Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler

The dandy’s role as icon and irritant

French artists have appropriated alfresco dining ever since Édouard Manet scandalised Paris with his Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe , yet many charming scenes were painted in Britain, too, and are worth rediscovering, says Deborah Nicholls-Lee

PAINTING NOSTALGIA Artist Polly Mabel Nicolaou creates ...

“Hands of Saint Dominic” by Albrecht Dürer, 1506; ...

In addition to bringing an interior to life, art is also the detail that ensures a scheme feels completely unique