Untitled ( Two Figures in the Grass ), ca 1952

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The English artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was one of the most powerful and original figure painters in contemporary art, particularly noted for the obsessive intensity of his work. Francis Bacon (a collateral descendant of the great Elizabethan statesman...

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Study for Portrait II ( after the Life Mask of William Blake ), 1955

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William Blake (November 28, 1757 – August 12, 1827) was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his lifetime, his work is today considered seminal and significant in the history of both poetry and the visual arts. He has...

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Figures in a Landscape, 1936

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Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992)

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By MMaxi

Crucifixion, 1933 " I think one of the things is that, if you are going to be a painter, you have got to decide that you are not going to be afraid of making a fool of yourself.I think another thing is to be able to find subjects which really absorb you...

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Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X By Francis Bacon

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Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953) (Des Moines) Completed, and delivered to the Beaux-Arts gallery in February 1953, of Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953), Bacon said "I wanted to paint a head as if folded...

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