Luck of the draw

There are many reasons that an artist’s ambitions can be thwarted, including the decision to become a teacher. Later this month, an exhibition will shine a light on talent obscured by a career in the classroom

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

Anthony Lawrence, a New Forest artist, painted everything from Dante’s Inferno to portraits of Ian McKellen and Yehudi Menuhin. This October, Palais des Vaches presents the first major retrospective o

A line in a sermon by John Donne so struck Stanley Spencer that he turned it into a painting. Now, a study for the picture is on offer at the British Art Fair

Hokusai’s ferocious wave and Hiroshige’s relentless downpour stole the show at a sale of ukiyo-e prints earlier in the summer

Estimate £1,000–£15,000 Sold £13,776 A pottery charger, naively decorated with a cat, caused a stir at Roseberys’ Fine & Decorative sale earlier this summer. The English delftware was made at Brisling