Movement, Style, School or Type of Art
Expressionism
Date and Place of Birth
October 28, 1909, Dublin, Ireland
Life
Francis Bacon is, perhaps, best known through stories of his lifestyle, drinking and proclivities - mentioned here only because they made him somewhat legendary in artistic circles. He got his start designing furniture and interiors, while his painting (on the side) developed a Surrealistic lean. His work, which burst on the scene in the late 1940s, is characterized by semi-abstracted figures, his fondness of triptychs and choice of disturbing themes.
Important Works
- Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, 1944
- Study after Velazquez's Pope Innocent X, 1950
- Study after the Life Mask of William Blake, 1955
Date and Place of Death
April 28, 1992, Madrid, Spain
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