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A remarkable group of paintings of nudes will be the focus of an exhibition devoted to Walter Sickert (1860-1942), one of the most important British artists of the twentieth century.

The paintings are among his most beautiful and complex works; admired both for their virtuoso brushwork and their highly original approach to the nude genre. Against contemporary conventions of the idealised nude, Sickert depicted his naked models in the shabby interiors of Camden Town bedsits, investing the images with the disquieting themes of prostitution and poverty associated with this working class area of North London where he lived and worked.

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