One man’s revolution

JEAN-FRANÇOIS MILLET ONCE SAID, “I am a peasant amongst peasants.” It summarised the French painter’s empathy with rural communities working on the land. They became the subjects of his remarkable dra

So close was Jean-François Millet to the humble peasants he painted that he wore clogs and coarse clothing. He was steeped in nostalgia, yet inspired avant-garde artists from van Gogh to Salvador Dalí, finds Mary Miers

With so many medals to fit in the tiniest miniature she had ever worked on, limner Elizabeth Meek literally had to hold her breath when painting the portrait of Charles III, but the result is a resounding success

The piece I’d never part with

The story of England’s forgotten French art school

I was at Buckingham Palace recently for a rather lovely art exhibition. I’ve been on tour plenty of times with Charles and Camilla, but I never really appreciated that the King employs an artist to ac