Art

Mark Bryant admires a Russian artist whose lampoons of Napoleon inspired some notable British caricaturists.

Mark Bryant profiles the brilliant wartime cartoonist who chronicled the actions of Italy’s Fascist leader.

Frances Spalding on John Piper’s pursuit of an English vision during the Second World War.

Mark Bryant looks at the artist behind one of the most iconic images of the 20th century.

As a new exhibition on the Baroque opens at the Victoria and Albert Museum, Joanna Norman looks at this age of magnificence.

The d'Artagnan du Crayon fearlessly lampooned the French rulers of his day in a series of masterly caricatures that would later inspire the creators of Spitting Image and many others.

Mark Bryant on how French cartoonists of the 1870s responded to national humiliation at the hands of a beligerent Prussia.

Mark Bryant examines the wartime work of Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of the famous ‘Old Bill’ character.

Mark Bryant examines the wartime work of Osbert Lancaster, the centenary of whose birth this year is marked with a new exhibition at the Wallace Collection, London.

Michael Morrogh sees value in historical films, despite their evident imperfections.