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Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Marlborough International Fine Art) (large triptych) Portrait of Gilbert de Botton Speaking (Oil on canvas, Private collection) [80] 1987. Triptych 86–87 (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) (large triptych)
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.
Pages in category "Paintings by Francis Bacon" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... Study for Portrait II (After the Life Mask of William ...
4/5 Blockbuster show at the National Portrait Gallery overcomes Bacon’s late career lows to prove that his brutally frank portraiture can still take the breath away
Crucifixion (1933). Crucifixion (CR 33-01) is an early oil-on-canvas painting by Francis Bacon, made in 1933 when Bacon was aged 23 or 24.It was one of three paintings on the subject of the Crucifixion of Jesus that he made in 1933, the others being his Crucifixion with Skull (CR 33-03), commissioned by art collector Sir Michael Sadler, and Wound for a Crucifixion (later destroyed by Bacon).
This work is among Bacon's most important, and, containing characteristics of both, is seen by critics as a divider between his early "raw" work, and the later, more clinically observed triptychs. The Irish-born artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted 28 known [ 1 ] triptychs between 1944 and 1986. [ 2 ]
This work was the first painting Bacon was happy with and was an instant critical success. The themes it explores reoccur and are re-examined in many of his later panels and triptychs. The Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted 28 known large triptychs between 1944 and 1985–86. [ 1 ]
Pages in category "Francis Bacon (artist)" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... List of paintings by Francis Bacon; Love Is the Devil ...