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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