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You can now explore our artists and societies by using the Artist Explorer touchscreen at the Mall Galleries. Artist profiles include information on their methods of working and examples of their work. You can also explore several specially commissioned articles on British Art, including oil painting, portraiture and watercolours.
By Andrew Wilton The medium of watercolour has been particularly associated with England...
By Philip Mould OBE Overview For 500 years we have been a nation of portrait lovers. We...
By Geoff Hunt Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He star'd at the Pacific - and...
By Rupert Maas Jan van Eyck discovers the secret of oils Much of the early history of...
By Robert Gillmor Origins Animals were the principal subject for the earliest artists...
By Anthony Lester Misconceptions Fact: pastels have attracted more myths than any other...
