Sam Francis

This show is a retrospective of a great American master of abstract expressionism. Starkly-entitled 'Painting 1947-1990', the exhibition contains Sam Francis's earliest abstract works, painted after his involvement in - and long convalescence following - the Second World War. In the 1950s he worked alongside the likes of Jean Paul Riopelle in Paris, accepting important commissions in Europe and Japan and perfecting a style that owes as much to Kandinsky as Pollock. Not to be missed.