From Egg to Bacon

ENGLISH PAINTING 1850-1950

Victorian artists like Augustus Egg, a friend of Charles Dickens, created popular works with a high moral tone. The Pre-Raphaelites challenged the status quo with vivid colours and complex decoration. They initiated a fertile era in English art, at the end of which Francis Bacon erupted onto the scene. Linda Smith. returning after her highly-acclaimed lecture last season, is an art historian, guide and lecturer at London's Tate Britain and Tate Modern.

Lecture by Linda Smith (21 April 2009 ), Nerja Decorative and Fine Arts Society (Spain)