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Francis Bacon (artist)
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Francis Bacon 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, an
Bacon in the early 1950s
Bacon in the early 1950s
Crucifixion (1933)
Crucifixion (1933)
Three Studies for a Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1963
Three Studies for a Portrait of Henrietta Moraes, 1963
Velázquez's Portrait of Innocent X, 1650. Although Bacon avoided seeing the original, it remained the painting that most affected him, and one to whic
Velázquez's Portrait of Innocent X, 1650. Although Bacon avoided seeing the original, it remained the painting that most affected him, and one to which he referred over and over.
The Black Triptychs
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The Black Triptychs are a series of three triptychs painted by the British artist Francis Bacon between 1972 and 1974. Bacon admitted that they were created as an exorcism of his sense of loss followi
Francis Bacon (artist)
…and drinking companions, either as single, diptych or triptych panels. Following the suicide of his lover George Dyer in 1971 (memorialised in his Black Triptychs, and a number of posthumous portraits), his art became more sombre, inward-looking and preoccupied with the passage of time and death. The climax of…
Triptych–August 1972. Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery
Triptych–August 1972. Oil on canvas, Tate Gallery
Triptych, May–June 1973, 1973. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Switzerland. The alarm indicated by the arrows in this work betrays the stoicism Bac
Triptych, May–June 1973, 1973. Oil on canvas. Private collection, Switzerland. The alarm indicated by the arrows in this work betrays the stoicism Bacon displayed on the night of the suicide and premiere, when he acted the model host, and met politicians and dignitaries "as if nothing had happened"
Dyer photographed by John Deakin, retouched by Bacon, who often folded, creased or spattered with paint his photographs of friends so as to find disto
Dyer photographed by John Deakin, retouched by Bacon, who often folded, creased or spattered with paint his photographs of friends so as to find distortions he could exploit in his paintings. Although Dyer was handsome and charming, he was out of his depth when dealing with both Bacon's wasp-tongued Soho set and intellectual art world friends.
Center panel from Bacon's Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86. This work was painted after an extended period of examination of the effect of
Center panel from Bacon's Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86. This work was painted after an extended period of examination of the effect of age and time on both himself and his close friends, during a period when many of those around him died. Tied to the black triptychs in theme, format, structure and tone, this work is considered the masterpiece of his late period.