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Painting by Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon · 1946

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Artist
Francis Bacon
Date
1946
Location
Museum of Modern Art
ART MOVEMENTS
CubismExpressionismSurrealism
THE ARTIST

Francis Bacon

1909–1992 · Ireland

Irish painter who transformed human figures into raw, distorted forms trapped in geometric cages.

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