Art, Books & Culture Research Group at The Beecroft, Saturday 27th June 2026 – Francis Bacon (1)

I hope you will be able to join us on

Saturday 27th June, 11.15am (for about an hour & a half)

at The Beecroft Art Gallery, Southend-on-Sea.

as we continue our research into the ‘long decade’ of 1950s Britain, from the end of World War II to Pop Art.

This month we’ll look at the early paintings of Francis Bacon whose work seems to delve into the existential crisis and evoke the very zeitgeist of the post-war world.

Photograph (above) Francis Bacon by John Deakin [early 1950s]

Francis Bacon (1909-1992) Figure in a Landscape [1945; Tate; artuk.org]

There’ll be plenty to see & discuss as always!

Tickets are £10 (cash) on the door and include coffee & a biscuit at The Jazz Centre afterwards.

Looking forward to seeing you!

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Independent Researcher: gently exploring the art and artists of early 20th century Britain (with forays elsewhere, in particular Russian Art History); the Art, Books & History Group meets monthly in Southend-on-Sea Twitter: @TheCommonViewer

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