Francis bacon

by Francis Bacon

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, June 27-Oct. 14, 1996.

Genres: Art

336 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Francis^^Bacon
For the Elizabethan philosopher, see Francis Bacon.

In portraits of best known Irish-British painter Francis Bacon, terror invests distorted subjects.

Artwork of this figurative collateral descendant of the Elizabethan philosopher Francis Bacon displays bold, austere, and often grotesque or nightmarish imagery.

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Reviews

[Phil · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not actually *by* the painter, this brief introduction to Francis Bacon's work is attributed to no author, though the text was apparently translated from the Spanish. It is a sound, if stripped-down, account of his aesthetic and some of his methods, which, given Bacon's own dislike of the over-analysis of his work, may be appropriate. Its principal interest is in the many plates it contains, illustrating a great range of the man's oeuvre - although these are nowhere near big enough and cannot, in any case, render fully the texture and physicality of the originals.

[Michael Jones · Rating 4 out of 5]

There's no one better at taking you to the depth of your soul and wanting to scream out in agony.