A GUEST OF HONOUR: FROM FRANCIS BACON TO PETER DOIG
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MAN RESTING IN A GARDEN 1956 Michael Andrews (1928 – 1995) P3855 © The Estate of Michael Andrews, Courtesy of James Hyman Gallery, London
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MELANCHOLY AFTER DURER 1989 R B Kitaj (1932 – 2007) P5803 © The Estate of R.B. Kitaj
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PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST BY FRANCIS BACON 1970/71 Richard Hamilton (1922 – 2011) P1497 © R. Hamilton. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2018.
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MAN IN A MUSEUM (OR YOU'RE IN THE WRONG MOVIE) 1962 David Hockney (1937 – ) P1494 © David Hockney
Based on exquisite permanent loans from an English private collection, , the exhibition examines the broad network of relations and friendships surrounding Francis Bacon and his art colleagues. The exhibition features works from some of the most prominent British painters of the 20th century: Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Peter Doig, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Ronald B. Kitaj and Leon Kossoff. Despite stylistic differences all these artists have a similar approach in their figurative efforts. Rejecting abstract tendencies in art, they depict the human figure and its environment in painted portraits, landscapes and cityscapes, thus exerting tremendous influence on the younger generation of painters.
