Refiguring the 50s

This exhibition brings together for the first time the work of five powerful, individual, figurative painters working in Britain in the 1950s: Joan Eardley (1921 - 1963), Sheila Fell (1931 - 1979), Eva Frankfurther (1930 - 1959), Josef Herman (1911 - 2000) and L S Lowry (1887 - 1976). 

 

Spanning the years 1945-64 and featuring some 50 works including paintings, works on paper and related ephemera from more than 20 lenders, both public and private, it showcases the range, inventiveness and often widely differing approaches to figuration and practice by these five painters in this pivotal postwar period.