Bacon, Francis

Bacon, Francis 1909-92, English painter; b. Ireland. Self-taught, he expressed the satirical, horrifying, and hallucinatory in such works as Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944; Tate Gall., London).

Painting
1946 (180 Kb); Oil on canvas, 198.1 x 132.1 cm (78 x 52 in); The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Head VI
1949 (290 Kb); Oil on canvas, 93.2 x 76.5 cm (36 5/8 x 30 1/8 in); Arts Council of Great Britain, London
Study for Crouching Nude
1952 (230 Kb); Oil and sand on canvas, 198.1 x 137.2 cm (78 x 54 in); The Detroit Institute of Arts
Study After Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
1953 (200 Kb); Oil on canvas, 153 x 118.1 cm (60 1/4 x 46 1/2 in); Des Moines Art Center, Iowa
Man with Dog
1953 (150 Kb); Oil on canvas, 152.1 x 116.8 cm (59 7/8 x 46 in); Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Self-Portrait
1971 (200 Kb); Oil on canvas, 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in); Musee National d'Art Moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris

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