British interior designer Luke Edward Hall selects his personal highlights from Masterpiece Online.
  Since 2019 I’ve been living in the English countryside. I have loved getting to grips with a garden for the first time in my life, and tulips, in particular, have been a joy to grow. We usually plant over 1,000 bulbs and over twenty varieties. I’d love a big old Dutch flower painting at home so I could enjoy tulips year-round. The colours in this piece are sublime.
I am an enormous Craxton fan. I love his depictions of the beautiful and ancient Greek countryside and its cast of characters: shepherds, hunters, sailors... Craxton’s works always seem to me to have such a sense of joy about them: full of movement and life.
I love the playfulness and boldness of Warhol’s early drawings, and this one in particular is full of charm. A jaunty headpiece if ever I saw one. A handsome man indeed, with beautiful, voluminous curls. I like his staring eyes very much. I’m a big fan of naïve, primitive paintings, particularly of ships. I love the colours in this painting – the pale blue of the sky, the deep blue of the sea and the red lighthouse and flag. I find it very peaceful.