Francis Bacon

1909–1992 · Ireland

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

ABOUT

Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures.

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NOTABLE WORKS

Self-Portrait 1929 · Art Institute of Chicago Crucifixion 1933 Figures in a Garden 1936 · Tate Head 1951 · Cleveland Museum of Art Figure with Meat 1954 · Art Institute of Chicago Painting 1946 · Museum of Modern Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Diego VelázquezBaroque Pablo PicassoCubism Chaïm SoutineExpressionism Matthias GrünewaldNorthern Renaissance

Influenced

Lucian FreudFigurative Painting Jenny SavilleContemporary Figurative Cecily BrownContemporary Expressionism Marlene DumasNeo-Expressionism

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