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Francis Bacon

(1909-1992), Painter

Sitter 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).

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Francis Bacon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195472

Francis Bacon

by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195472

Francis Bacon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195473

Francis Bacon

by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195473

Francis Bacon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195474

Francis Bacon

by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195474

Francis Bacon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195475

Francis Bacon

by Francis Goodman
twelve 2 1/4 inch square film negatives, May 1971
NPG x195475

Francis Bacon, by Francis Goodman - NPG x195543

Francis Bacon

by Francis Goodman
2 1/4 inch square film negative, May 1971
NPG x195543

Francis Bacon, by Mayotte Magnus - NPG x138805

Francis Bacon

by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138805

Francis Bacon, by Mayotte Magnus - NPG x138806

Francis Bacon

by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138806

Francis Bacon, by Mayotte Magnus - NPG x138807

Francis Bacon

by Mayotte Magnus
modern bromide print from original negative, 1972
NPG x138807

Francis Bacon, by Peter Stark - NPG x1530

Francis Bacon

by Peter Stark
cibachrome print, 1975
NPG x1530

Francis Bacon, by Peter Stark - NPG x1531

Francis Bacon

by Peter Stark
bromide print, 1975
NPG x1531

Francis Bacon, by Peter Stark - NPG x1532

Francis Bacon

by Peter Stark
bromide print, 1975
NPG x1532

Muriel Belcher; Francis Bacon, by Peter Stark - NPG x1529

Muriel Belcher; Francis Bacon

by Peter Stark
cibachrome print, 1975
NPG x1529

Francis Bacon; Muriel Belcher, by Peter Stark - NPG x1533

Francis Bacon; Muriel Belcher

by Peter Stark
bromide print, 1975
NPG x1533

Francis Bacon, by Jane Bown - NPG x126934

Francis Bacon

by Jane Bown
bromide print on card mount, 1983
NPG x126934

Francis Bacon, by Bruce Bernard - NPG x27588

Francis Bacon

by Bruce Bernard
bromide print, 1984
NPG x27588

Francis Bacon, by Neil Libbert - NPG x136289

Francis Bacon

by Neil Libbert
bromide print, 1984
NPG x136289

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