The dark, fateful career of the visionary painter Samuel Palmer is beautifully evoked ... in this meticulous critical biography as “works of mad splendour”, the English painter – richly ...

With an acuity that characterises this impressive life, Campbell-Johnson describes Samuel Palmer's self-portrait: "It is a portrait that asks you to look into a mind." Though living to 1880 ...

A new book on the artist is out this Friday, Mysterious Wisdom: The Life and Work of Samuel Palmer by the art critic Rachel Campbell-Johnston, and through the story of his strange career ...

A painting by Samuel Palmer has been temporarily banned from being exported from the UK in a bid to raise money to keep it in the country. The £3.8 million work entitled The Shearers should remain ...

In this week's Meet the Author Nick Higham spoke to Rachel Campbell Johnston about the life and work of the artist Samuel Palmer. Nick Higham met her over a collection of Palmer's paintings at the ...