SELECTED REVIEWS
WITH its substantial 96-page catalogue (ISBN 0-9540606-3-6), the show, entitled From life. Radical figurative art from Sickert to Bevan, taking place through to October 18 at James Hyman Fine Art, is one of October's more innovative comevents.
Tucked away from the main St. James's throng in Mason's Yard, this gallery does much more than just gather a group of works and plonk them on the wall. This show highlights James Hyman's scholarly approach - he has a doctorate from the Courtauld Institute and is the author of several books - and in it he explores the achievements of some of the most powerful British painters of the last century. It starts with a group of drawings and oils by Walter Sickert (1860-1942), including the 1903 canvas Study in Rose, and continues with examples by the likes of David Bomberg (1890-1957), William Coldstream (1908-1987), Frank Auerbach (b.1931) and Euan Uglow (1932-2000). The above artists have a well-established, influential track record, placing their work in the `gold nugget' category.
ANTHONY J. LESTER "Round the Galleries", Antique Trade Gazette, 4th October 2003
