Francis Bacon
(1909-1992), PainterSitter in 47 portraits
Dublin-born Bacon left Ireland at the age of sixteen, settling permanently in England in 1928. The work Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944, Tate) established him as an artist of international importance. Bacon used imagery from sources as diverse as Velasquez, Van Gogh, the cinema, old snapshots and illustrations of disease. Known for his bold, abstracted figurative paintings with their tormented and powerful view of the human condition, Bacon describes them as 'a direct assault on the nervous system.' His international reputation was confirmed by retrospectives at the Guggenheim Museum, New York (1963) and Grand Palais, Paris (1971).
by Reginald Gray
oil on board, 1960
NPG 5135
by Dmitri Kasterine
modern bromide print from original negative, 2009, based on a work of 1978
NPG P1321
by Clare Shenstone
conté, circa 1982
NPG 6424
by Ruskin Spear
oil on board, 1984
NPG 5818
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1951
NPG x14018
John Rothenstein; Francis Bacon
by Herbert K. Nolan
bromide print, March 1957
NPG x24190
Alberto Giacometti; Francis Bacon
by Graham Keen
modern bromide print from original negative, July 1965
NPG x199752
by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, 1967
NPG x13707
by Unknown photographer
bromide press print, July 1970
NPG x184158
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195471
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195472
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195473
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195474
by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195475
by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, May 1971
NPG x195543
by Francis Goodman
resin print, May 1971
NPG x74757
by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138805
by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138806
by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138807
by Harry Diamond
gelatin silver print, 1974
NPG x135768
Lucian Freud; Frank Auerbach; Francis Bacon
by Harry Diamond
gelitin silver print, May 1975
NPG x210058
by Peter Stark
cibachrome print, 1975
NPG x1529
by Peter Stark
bromide print, 1975
NPG x1533
by Daniel Farson
chromogenic print, 1980s
NPG x26413
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