The colour revolution

THEY’D NO LONGER BE MEEK AND MILD. THIS SEASON, DESIGNERS ARE FAVOURING A BOLDER TAKE ON PAINT SHADES AND CREATING HARMONY WITH NEUTRAL FURNISHINGS

From the smoke-blackened ‘engine room of the Empire’ came a group of radical artists that stripped art of heroism and sentiment and took the world by storm. Mary Miers traces the history of The Glasgow Boys

There’s a science and an art to using colour in the home, but there's no need to fear bolder shades, says the author of a new book

When COUNTRY LIFE’s Henry Avray Tipping spotted a 17th-century four poster languishing in a Herefordshire attic in 1911, he set off a chain of events that saw the bed leave its ancestral home and land at The Met in New York

I want to pass on my expressive approach to painting still lifes from observation using mixed media. I find this way of working freeing and fun. When a painting is started with an attitude of freedom

As the season turns, there’s no need to stick to fiery hues – choose cool, calm colours instead