Francis Bacon to Paula Rego

Abbot Hall’s summer exhibition Francis Bacon to Paula Rego celebrates and explores the work of major British painters of the last fifty years.

Inspired by Michael Peppiatt’s 1987 exhibition A School of London: Six Figurative Painters. Francis Bacon to Paula Rego explores the original theme of Peppiatt’s show whilst also seeking to survey contemporary British painters working in the United Kingdom, examining how they have sought to take painting forward and make it relevant in the twenty first century. This will include artists Tony Bevan, Christopher Le Brun and Paula Rego.

Comprising over thirty eight paintings, Francis Bacon to Paula Rego features two works by Francis Bacon including one of his iconic paintings Head VI, 1949, on loan from the Arts Council Collection, three paintings by Frank Auerbach, one from the galleries own collection JYM in the Studio VII, 1965, and works by Paula Rego including Sleeping, 1986 from the Arts Council Collection as well as important pieces by RB Kitaj, Lucian Freud, Tony Bevan, Leon Kossoff, and the newly appointed head of the Royal Academy, Christopher Le Brun.

Dates: from June 23 to September 16.
Location: Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL. United Kingdom.
Opening hours: from Monday to Saturday from 10.30am to 5pm.