Man at a Washbasin . c. 1954
Bacon’s raw images contort their subjects in such a radical manner that they permanently altered the genre of figurative painting in the twentieth century. Continue reading Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon
Study of a Bull . 1991
Francis Bacon’s work is a corpus of paintings that are rich in images, symbols and emotions, an open
invitation to discuss and reflect upon them. It never leaves authors indifferent. Continue reading Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Figure with meat . 1954
Bacon and Giacometti both take the human figure as their main point of artistic reference. Both occupy themselves with the fragmented and deformed body. Moreover, they devote themselves to portraiture and the depiction of human individuality in an almost obsessive manner. Both claimed to be “realists,” while exploring new extremes of abstraction. Continue reading Francis Bacon
Francis Bacon
Study from the Human Body . 1981
images: © The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. / DACS, London / ARS, NY 2015 . + wallpaper
In his late paintings, Bacon refined themes that had long obsessed him. He quoted reflexively from his oeuvre, reworking subjects to strip them to the bare essentials. In his last act, Bacon found inspiration in the portraits of Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. Continue reading Francis Bacon
