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It was one of the first paintings by van Gogh to enter a public collection. It was photographed in color in the 1930s, an uncommon and costly practice at the time. [5] [4] During World War II, the collection of the Kaiser-Friedrich Museum was transported to a salt mine in the nearby town of Stassfurt, in order to protect it from Allied bombing ...
Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures.
Vincent van Gogh; Bacon painted several variations of van Gogh's The Painter on the Road to Tarascon in the late 1950s. [5] Rembrandt Self-portrait (Musée Granet, Aix-en-Provence) [6] Chaïm Soutine Céret period (1919–1923), Carcass of Beef (1926) (Minneapolis) [7] John Constable – the full size oil-sketch for The Leaping Horse at the V&A.
Triptych November 1981 – January 1982 (left panel) (Oil, pastel and transfer lettering on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm, Private collection, the Estate of Francis Bacon) [75] 1982. Three Studies for Portrait (Mick Jagger) (Oil and pastel on canvas, each panel 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection, New York City) (small triptych) [76] 1983
In 1957, Francis Bacon based a series of paintings on reproductions of Van Gogh's The Painter on the Road to Tarascon, the original of which was destroyed during the Second World War. Bacon was inspired by an image he described as "haunting", and regarded Van Gogh as an alienated outsider, a position which resonated with him.
Head VI, 1949. 93.2 × 76.5 cm (36.7 × 30.1 in), Arts Council collection, Hayward Gallery, London. Head VI is an oil-on-canvas painting by Irish-born figurative artist Francis Bacon, the last of six panels making up his "1949 Head" series.
Vincent van Gogh Pietà, after Delacroix (first version), 1889 Oil on canvas, 41,5 x 34 cm, Vatican Collection of Modern Religious Art. The collection consists of almost 800 works by 250 international artists including: Francis Bacon, Giacomo Balla, Ernst Barlach, Max Beckmann, Émile Bernard, Bernard Buffet, Alice Lok Cahana, Marc Chagall, Eduardo Chillida, Giorgio de Chirico, Salvador Dalí ...
The Fondation Vincent van Gogh Arles (English: Vincent van Gogh Arles Foundation) is a non-profit foundation and contemporary art museum located in Arles, France, dedicated to the work and legacy of Vincent van Gogh. Its goal is to generate and promote cultural and artistic activities with reference to the oeuvre of van Gogh as related to the ...