LONDON.- Haunch of Venison London presents an exhibition of ten of Britain’s most important post-war painters, revealing the story behind their art. ‘The Mystery of Appearance’ is a fresh appraisal of ten artists – Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon, Patrick Caulfield, William Coldstream, Lucian Freud, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Leon Kossoff and Euan Uglow – with a display of over forty paintings and drawings including works that haven’t been on public display for decades. In the mid-twentieth century this group of artists revived portrait and landscape painting at a time when abstract painting dominated. Their continued influence on a younger generation of artists is demonstrated by the powerful hold figurative art has today. The exhibition examines the influence of the personal relationships between these artists, some of which