Francis Bacon

Who

Francis Bacon (1909-1992), Irish-born British figurative painter.

Notes

Associated with modern art, surrealism, cubism and Expressionism. Known works include Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, Triptych, 1976 and Head IV.

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Key works

• Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944)
• Triptych, 1976 (1976)
• Head IV (1949)

In museum collections

• Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion (1944)
  Art UK ↗
• Head VI (1949)
  Art UK ↗
• Painting (1946)
  MoMA ↗ · Art UK ↗
• Figure with Meat (1954)
  Art Institute of Chicago ↗
• Head I (1947)
  The Met ↗
• Second Version of Triptych 1944 (1988)
  Art UK ↗
• Three Studies for a Self-Portrait (1979)
  The Met ↗
• Triptych–August 1972 (1972)
  Art UK ↗
• Figure in a Landscape (1945)
  Art UK ↗
• Head II (1949)
  Art UK ↗
• Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake) (1955)
  Art UK ↗
• Three Studies for a Crucifixion (1962)
  Guggenheim ↗

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