Born in Dublin, Ireland, Francis Bacon moved to London in the 1920s where his bleak chronicling of the human condition sealed his reputation as one of the greatest artists of his generation.
He concentrated his energies on figurative portraiture, looking deep into the tormented soul of humanity. There is a primitive intensity to his work, often depicting isolated figures in confined spaces.
Bacon is internationally recognised as one of the most influential artists of the 20th century and has been the subject of three Tate retrospectives.
Recent & Forthcoming Exhibitions
- 28 February - 27 August 2018 All Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting Life, Tate Britain, London
- 05 May - 31 December 2017 6 x Francis Bacon and other highlights of the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection, Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Germany
- 18 February 2017 - 31 January 2018 Bacon to Doig: Modern Masterpieces from a Private Collection, National Museum of Cardiff, Cardiff
Decades
Exhibitions
Subjects
Techniques
Influences and inspiration
- Eadweard Muybridge,
- School of London