See available prints and multiples, paintings, and works on paper for sale and learn about the artist. Summary of francis bacon francis bacon produced some of the most iconic images of wounded and traumatized humanity in postwar art. Bacon then attempted to paint a bird of prey landing in a field. The most expensive francis bacon paintings at auctions. Francis bacon 19091992 painting, 1946 oil and pastel on linen francis bacon, the artist, was born in dublin on 28 october, 1909, the second of five children. Francis bacons portraits of screaming popes and lovers. Crucifixion is the work that first launched bacon into the public eye, long before the much greater successes of the postwar years. Nrplus member article t he houston museum of fine arts new blockbuster is francis bacon. Francis bacon was a dominant figure of postwar art, and his canvases remain unmistakable for their contorted emotion and visceral physicality. Discover highlights such as painting 1946, 1946 and trace his stylistic developments.
Our highquality francis bacon shirts are available in multiple sizes and body styles. Triptychs gagosian london, 2006 and isabel and other intimate strangers. The most expensive francis bacon paintings at auctions seated figure, 1960. Born in dublin in 1909 to a domineering father, capt. List of paintings by francis bacon jump to navigation jump to search. Francis bacon in dublin, june 1august 31, 2000, no. A centenary retrospective features works sixtyfive paintings and sixtyfive archival items that span the entirety of the artist s full and celebrated career. This landmark publishing event presents the entire oeuvre of bacon s paintings for the first time in a deluxe fivevolume boxed set. His works are credited with developing the scientific method and remained influential through the scientific revolution bacon has been called the father of. Francis bacon was an irishborn british figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery. A conjurer of strange and terrible beauty bacon s troubled life is reflected in his art, which continued to develop even in the twilight of his career. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. He left home at the age of sixteen and went to live in berlin.
Surrealism, and in particular biomorphism, shaped the style of three studies for figures at the base of a crucifixion 1944, the work that launched bacons. The landmark exhibition and its accompanying catalogue, which mark the centenary of the. The first major exhibition in new york in twenty years devoted to one of the most important painters of the twentiethcentury, francis bacon. His bestknown works of the 1960s included a series of paintings inspired by the british mass murderer john christie. Francis bacon paintings find the latest oil paintings designs ideas of francis bacon paintings to beautify your home interior and art gallery in picassos art paintings gallery oil painting has existed for centuries. The truth behind francis bacons screaming popes art. Anthony edward mortimer, and his much younger wife, christina winifred firth, bacon was derided as a weakling and, as legend has it, horse. Buy a francis bacon tshirt today, and it ships within 24 hours and comes with a 30day moneyback guarantee. Choose from thousands of francis bacon shirt designs for men, women, and children which have been created by our community of independent artists and iconic brands.
This is an incomplete list of paintings by the irishborn british painter francis bacon 19091992. Late paintings through may 25, 2020 francis bacon 19091992 achieved a passionate summation of his career in the last two decades of his production, from 1971 to 1991, with paintings that demonstrated the timeless humanism and the enduring power that made him among the 20th centurys most compelling figures. The painting may have been inspired by rembrandts slaughtered ox c. A group of 6 francis bacon rugs and paintings from 1929. Exuding unrivalled intellectual and painterly command, figure writing. Thieves disabled the alarm system before slipping into a. Francis bacon 28 october 1909 28 april 1992 was an irishborn british figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery. Francis bacon 1909 1992 united kingdom is an artist born in 1909 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1984, at christies, and the most recent auction result is a printmultiple sold in 2020. This will be the third exhibition of bacon s work following francis bacon. Study of a bull, 1991, has never been publicly seen, reproduced, discussed or written about. Francis bacon s work has always been instantly recognizable.
Observations are made of the artists technique and details are compiled of the supports used. Francis bacon s work must be seen up and close and personal for it is sensationally painted. All francis bacon paintings ship within 48 hours and include a 30day moneyback guarantee. Choose your favorite francis bacon paintings from millions of available designs. Francis bacon was the subject of two tate retrospectives and a major showing in 1971 at the grand palais. Cheim and read francis bacon, confounder of art critics. Today our phaidon focus is on a series of francis bacon s most famous paintings inspired by velasquezs pope innocent x portrait. Francis bacon s paintings are usually classified as figurative paintings, while his most famous paintings are known for bold and even grotesque imagery. For monthly roundups, please subscribe to our free email newsletter. The information in the present section on francis bacon. A retrospective exhibition, august 20october 15, 1999, no.
Francis bacon, enigmatic painter of howling popes, lived a life on the edge. The following notes for readers are extracted from the catalogue raisonne vol. A retrospective exhibition, june august 2, 1999, no. Bacon was a complex man whose work was informed by a tangled web of intense relationships, art historical fixations, and a fair number of vices. Francis bacon was an irish artist and one of the most unique, engaging figurative painters to emerge during the postwar period. Last july, five francis bacon paintings were stolen from a spanish bankers home in central madrid. He produced series of images of popes, crucifixions and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical cages, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Nightmarish horror was how art critic david sylvester described it in 1954, citing the general critical response to his paintings. Painting 1946, also known as painting or painting 1946, is an oilonlinen painting by the irish born artist francis bacon. I would like my pictures to look as if a human being had passed between them, like a snail leaving its trail of the human presence. Bacon favored large brushes, which moved the paint in ways he couldnt predict.
Late paintings, which opened at the end of february. Francis bacon 28 october 1909 28 april 1992 was an irishborn british figurative painter known for his bold, grotesque. One of francis bacon s classic triptychs, three studies for figures at the base of a crucifixion examines, in detail, the secondary characters depicted at the foot of the cross in religious paintings. Scholars have pored over the paintings and the possible inspirations behind them ever.
Bacons paintings were often created in the form of diptychs and triptychs thus reflecting the artists belief that images should be seen in series and not in singularity. Francis bacon was a dominant figure of postwar art, and his canvases remain. Seated figure is a powerful example from francis bacon s most celebrated series of works. Borrowing inspiration from surrealism, film, photography, and the old masters, he forged a distinctive style that made him one of the most widely recognized exponents of figurative art in the 1940s and 1950s. The british, irishborn painter francis bacon is one among the most important painters of the 20th century. The materials and techniques used in the paintings of. Gagosian new york is pleased to present francis bacon. Bacon said that he saw images in series, and his work, which numbers c.
Francis bacon may 30aug 28, 1990 art of the forties feb 24apr 30, 1991 1 other work identified selections from the permanent collection of painting and sculpture jul 1, 1993 1 other work identified. It was originally intended to depict a chimpanzee in long grass parts of which may be still visible. A group of rugs and paintings from 192930 seminal years that saw the artist steer a course from design to painting a portrait of francis bacon as a young man offered this october in london, a rare group of six early works by the artist from 192930 a seminal period that saw bacon steer a course from design to painting, which have been. Bacon encouraged these productive accidents by beginning a work with a preliminary drawing, then leaving the direction it took up to chance. As michael kimmelman observed in a 1989 profile of the artist, he worked directly on unprimed canvases, where a wayward brush stroke cannot easily be disguised. Francis bacon, painter, is dead at 82 francis bacon, louise bourgeois and franz xaver messerschmidt. May 20 to august 16, 2009 three studies for portraits including selfportrait, 1969, oil on canvas, each 35. Francis bacon free art lessons, design lessons and art. Francis bacon was the loudest, rudest, drunkest, most soughtafter british artist of the 20th century. Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by francis bacon. Catalogue raisonne by martin harrison and rebecca daniels, which was published by the estate of francis bacon in 2016. Art institute of chicago figure with meat is a 1954 painting by the irishborn artist francis bacon.
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