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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.
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.
The most comprehensive primary source on Van Gogh is his correspondence with his younger brother, Theo.Their lifelong friendship, and most of what is known of Vincent's thoughts and theories of art, are recorded in the hundreds of letters they exchanged from 1872 until 1890. [8]
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.
Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne Standing in a Street in Soho is a 1967 oil-on-canvas painting by the Irish-born English figurative artist Francis Bacon, housed in the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Described by art critic John Russell as one of Bacon's finest works, [ 1 ] it depicts Isabel Rawsthorne , the painter, designer and occasional model ...
Head I is a relatively small oil and tempera on hardboard painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon.Completed in 1948, it is the first in a series of six heads, the remainder of which were painted the following year in preparation for a November 1949 exhibition at the Hanover Gallery in London. [1]
The film draws heavily on the authorised biography of Bacon, The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon by Daniel Farson, and is dedicated to him. It won three awards at the Edinburgh International Film Festival : Best New British Feature (director John Maybury ) and two Best British Performance awards, one for Jacobi and the other for future ...
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 ...