I hope you will be able to join us on
Saturday 11th July, 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! And we’ll look at Francis Bacon (Part 2) on Saturday 25th July.
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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