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Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon was a figurative painter. His artwork is known for its bold, austere, graphic and often beautiful yet tortured imagery. Abstract figures often appear isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bacon had begun painting by his early 20s, yet he worked only sporadically and without commitment during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when he worked as an interior decorator and designer of furniture and rugs. He later admitted that his career was delayed because he had spent so long looking for a subject that would sustain his interest.

His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, and it was this work and his heads and figures of the late 1940s through to the early 1960s that sealed his reputation as a notably bleak, world famous, chronicler of the human condition. (Source)

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Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

Born 28 October 1909
Died 28 April 1992

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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon: figurabile

    First published in 1960 62 editions in 9 languages — 3 previewable Cover of edition francisbacon0000baco_q2n2 Cover of edition francisbacon0000unse_l8x5
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon: het grafische werk = Graphic work

    First published in 1967 9 editions in 4 languages
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  • Cover of: Bacon: portraits et autoportraits

    First published in 1962 6 editions in 2 languages — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon, recent paintings: [catalogue of an exhibition organised by Marlborough FineArt Limited, London, July-August 1965 [and held] at Marlborough New London Gallery, Marlborough-Gerson Gallery Inc, New York and Marlborough Galleria d'Arte, Rome

    First published in 1965 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: [Paintings].

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  • Cover of: An introduction for senior school students: Francis Bacon in conversation with David Sylvester, May 1966.

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Bacon - Freud: expressions

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Caged. Uncaged.

    First published in 2003 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Derriere le miroir.

    First published in 1966 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fancis Bacon.

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  • Cover of: The Fifth anniversary exhibition: Francis Bacon paintings.

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon 1909-1992 small portrait studies: loan exhibition.

    First published in 1993 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon, born 1909: an introduction for senior school students.

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon, oeuvres re cenres: [catalogue of an exhibition at the] Muse e Cantini, Maiseille,9 juillet-30 Septembre 76.

    First published in 1976 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon, paintings 1945-1982 ....

    First published in 1983 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon. Paris, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, 26 octobre 1971-10 janvier 1972. Düsseldorf, Kunsthalle, 7 mars-7 mai 1972

    First published in 1971 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Francis Bacon, recent paintings, 1968-1974: March 20-Jun 29, 1975, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York : [catalog].

    First published in 1975 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Hanover Gallery presents Francis Bacon: 21 March-26 April 1957.

    First published in 1957 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Oeuvres récentes: [catalogue d'une exposition] Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris.

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Recent paintings: Nov.-Dec., 1968. [Introd. by Lawrence Gowing]

    First published in 1968 1 edition in 1 language
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We need a photo of Francis Bacon

Irish-born British figurative painter, 1909–1992

Born 28 October 1909
Died 28 April 1992
Subjects
Exhibitions, Bacon, francis, 1909-1992, Criticism and interpretation, English Figurative painting, Interviews, Painting, british, Painting, exhibitions, Portraits, Art criticism, British Painting, Catalogs, English Painting, Figurative expressionism, Human figure in art, Influence, Painters, Aesthetics, Art and Design, Art collections, Art, exhibitions, Art, modern, 20th century, exhibitions, Art, modern, 21st century, exhibitions, Artists, British Drawing, Conceptual art
Places
England, Great Britain, London, United States
People
Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Francis Bacon (1909-), Bruce Nauman (1941-), F. N. Souza (1924-2002), Francis Bacon (1561-1626), Lucian Freud, Lucian Freud (1922-), Tyeb Mehta, Tyeb Mehta (1925-2009), Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890), Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), Lawrence Gowing, Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), Peter Doig (1959-), Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669)
Time
20th century

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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