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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.
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)
The Three Studies are generally considered Bacon's first mature piece; [3] he regarded his works before the triptych as irrelevant, and throughout his life tried to suppress their appearance on the art market. When the painting was first exhibited in 1945 it caused a sensation and established him as one of the foremost post-war painters.
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
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 ]
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).
Study for Portrait II, 1955.Tate Britain, London. Study for Portrait II (subtitled after the Life Mask of William Blake) is a small 1955 oil-on-canvas painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, one of a series of six portraits completed after viewing that year the English poet, painter and printmaker William Blake's (b. 1757) life mask at the National Portrait Gallery ...
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 ...