Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British painter whose raw, distorted figures, isolated in bare rooms and cages, made him one of the most powerful painters of the 20th century. His Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion of 1944, now at Tate, made his name. He painted screaming popes after Velázquez, triptychs and portraits of friends and lovers such as George Dyer and Isabel Rawsthorne. His chaotic studio at 7 Reece Mews was moved to the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.
Francis Bacon
Figurative painter; Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
- Born
- 28 October 1909, Dublin, County Dublin
- Died
- 28 April 1992, Madrid, Spain
- Website
- francis-bacon.com
Always on show
- Tate Britain, London
Triptych August 1972 and other paintings, Room 23
- Sainsbury Centre, Norwich
Paintings in the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, Living Area
- Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen
Pope I: Study after Pope Innocent X by Velázquez, Gallery 18: People and Portraits
Further reading: Wikipedia