Articles

Figurative

Francis Bacon, Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne

Opinion

< 5 years ago

Body of evidence: a fresh look at Freud and Bacon’s early careers

The two figurative artists are at the centre of Tate Britain’s ‘All Too Human’ exhibition, but they haven’t always been so favoured. Here we look back to a time when a young Bacon and Freud were much ignored.

Henry Tuke RA, A Bathing Group (detail)

Our Collection

< 6 years ago

How to read it: Henry Tuke’s A Bathing Group

The year 2017 was the 50th anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of male homosexuality, marked at Tate Britain with an exhibition of ‘Queer British Art’, featuring Henry Tuke’s A Bathing Group from our collection. Take a closer look…
Life-drawing during RA Friends Week

Inside the Academy

< 8 years ago

Five quick tips to improve your life-drawing

The RA Schools’ Head of Sculpture and Printmaking led a life-drawing masterclass as part of our first Friends week. Here he shares five key pieces of advice.