Catriona Miller is an art historian and freelance writer on art. Having studied at Oxford and St Andrews, she is currently researching issues of nationalism and identity in British landscape painting. She has taught art history and lectures on art history and art appreciation.
Anna Ancher in 10 Paintings: Capturing Light
Anna Ancher, a local born and bred, became one of the leading artists of the Danish town of Skagen. She knew and painted her family, the inhabitants,...
Catriona Miller 25 March 2026
10 Paintings by Helene Schjerfbeck That You’ll Never Forget
Helene Schjerfbeck, famous in her native Finland, is not nearly as well known in the rest of the world. A genuine one-off, she studied in Paris and...
Catriona Miller 11 March 2026
Fanny Eaton—Pre-Raphaelite Muse from Jamaica
Fanny Eaton was a regular model for the Pre-Raphaelites during the 1860s and features in a number of famous works. Yet for most of the last century,...
Catriona Miller 19 February 2026
Masterpiece Story: Whistlejacket by George Stubbs
If you visit London’s National Gallery, you can’t miss Whistlejacket. George Stubbs’ life-size, rearing stallion is visible down a...
Catriona Miller 5 February 2026
John Singer Sargent in 10 Paintings
John Singer Sargent’s flattering, flashy images of late Victorian and Edwardian high society are justifiably famous. They made him rich but...
Catriona Miller 3 February 2026
Masterpiece Story: The Death of Cleopatra by Edmonia Lewis
As a Black and Indigenous woman, Edmonia Lewis overcame prejudice and defied societal expectations to become a successful sculptor. Her Death of...
Catriona Miller 1 February 2026
Anne Vallayer-Coster: A Life of Still Life
The still-life genre often seems less interesting than other art forms, so perhaps it is unsurprising that 18th-century French painter Anne...
Catriona Miller 26 January 2026
Masterpiece Story: Summer’s Day by Berthe Morisot
Berthe Morisot was at the centre of Impressionism during the 1870s and 1880s and works like Summer’s Day seem utterly characteristic of the...
Catriona Miller 13 January 2026
Masterpiece Story: Saskia as Flora by Rembrandt
Rembrandt van Rijn married Saskia van Uylenburgh in 1634. They were together for only eight years before she died after childbirth, probably from...
Catriona Miller 11 January 2026
Masterpiece Story: Young Bacchus by Mary Beale
Mary Beale is a rarity: a prolific, well-documented, successful, 17th-century woman artist. Her painting of Young Bacchus perfectly illustrates how...
Catriona Miller 11 January 2026
