Francis Bacon: A Requiem.

Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 - 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter. His artwork is known for its bold, austere, homoerotic and often violent or nightmarish imagery, which typically shows room-bound masculine figures isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bacon had begun painting by his early 20s, yet he worked only sporadically and without commitment during the late 1920s and early 1930s, when he worked as an interior decorator and designer of furniture and rugs. He later admitted that his career was delayed because he had spent so long looking for a subject that would sustain his interest. His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, and it was this work and his heads and figures of the late 1940s through to the early 1960s that sealed his reputation as a notably bleak, world famous, chronicler of the human condition.

Francis Bacon’s work is most interesting. (I used to under rate him!!) I have studied  Jenny Saville -an English figurative painter which I’ve done a post  about her work. I compare the works/styles of both artists in similar context. Jenny was in fact very influenced by Bacon’s work, especially his latter ‘faces’ works. Which shows alot of head studies and portraitures.. (alot of  himself) . Whats unique about Bacon’s work is the haunting images of his emotive work. You must look deep into his canvas to explore what he ‘has to say’. The works are semi-abstract, at the same token you are taken into an abyss of colour and expressions of the face..(in the portraiture’s) like NO other figurative painter. I for sure believe that. I’m very proud to know Francis Bacon was/is an Irish man. His work is know worldwide. As a painter his work sells for phenomenal prices in major auctions,such as Sotheby’s, Christie’s etc. Enjoy this short video of an extremely talented painter.

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