Lydia Bauman was born in Poland and educated in England (BA in Fine Art at University of Newcastle upon Tyne and MA in Art History at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London). Dividing her time between painting and lecturing, she is a regular lecturer at the National Gallery, as well as at Tate Britain, Tate Modern, the National Portrait Gallery and Museum of Fine Arts Boston USA. She has also been a guest speaker for NADFAS, Martin Randall Tours, Noble Caledonia cruises, Cox & Kings Art Tours and clubs and societies such as the Oxford and Cambridge Club and The Arts Club of Chicago USA.