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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.
Triptych inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58 in), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo) (large triptych) 1981–82. 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
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 ]
Portrait of Michel Leiris (sometimes Study for Portrait of Michel Leiris) is a 1976 oil-on-canvas-panel painting by the Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon.It is the first of two portraits Bacon made of his close friend, the French surrealist writer and anthropologist Michel Leiris; [1] the second followed in 1978.
Thirty-two years on from Bacon’s death, this major exhibition featuring 58 paintings is an opportunity to assess if the artist described by Margaret Thatcher as “the man who does those ...
Blood on the Floor (Painting, 1986) [1] is a 1986 oil-on-canvas panel painting by the British artist Francis Bacon. The panel shows a violent splash of blood, formed from drips of paint, on a bare canvas-coloured floor, which may be a wooden plank or diving board, against a harsh, flat, orange background. [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]
Sir Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, [a] 1st Baron Verulam, PC (/ ˈ b eɪ k ən /; [5] 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England under King James I.
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