Charlotte Schelling

A Hunky History: The Male Nude in Art

The male nude in art is not as often talked about as its female counterpart. However, apart from...

Here comes the sun: famous paintings of summer

“Summertime is always the best of what might be” – Charles Bowden You’ve shed a few layers of...

Artist Spotlight: Boissegur

Don’t let the bright, cheerful colours fool you… French artist Boissegur’s paintings are shrouded...

7 Spectacular historic theatres you should visit

William Shakespeare famously noted that all the world’s a stage. The world is certainly full of...

Bridgeman presents: In Conversation with Eileen Cooper RA

We are thrilled to announce our upcoming Artist Talk in collaboration with Firmdale Hotels, with...

Boissegur: a retrospective exhibition

If you happen to find yourself in Paris or New York this coming October, do pay a visit to the ...

7 things you didn’t know about London’s iconic Savoy Hotel

In 2019 one of London’s landmark institutions, the Savoy Hotel, turns 130. Having hosted many...

Royals, Rifles and Rivalry: 7 iconic moments in the history of the Royal Academy

In 2018 we will celebrate the 250th birthday of one of Britain’s oldest and most renowned...

Portrait of a modern monarch: Queen Victoria and the rise of photography

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) 1842 (oil on canvas), Franz Xaver Winterhalter (1805-73) / Château...

Cutting-edge fashion: the slashed sleeve in Early Modern Europe

When you are being immortalised in paint, to be looked upon by family and friends for generations...