HUMAN PRESENCE Francis Bacon

La National Portrait Gallery de Londres presenta una gran retrospectiva de retratos del artista anglo-irlandés, célebre por sus poderosas imágenes de aislamiento, brutalidad y terror.

by ALEX PHILLIPS

The Irish-born English painter Francis Bacon was born in October 1909 in Dublin, Ireland. His parents were both English. His father left the British army to become a horse trainer, while his mother’s wealthy family owned a steel1 company. Francis had asthma and was allergic to horses; this, claimed2 the artist, disappointed his father. INSPIRATION Francis was close to his grandmother, who lived in rural County Laois. Her beautiful rooms and ornate furniture later inspired his art. The Bacon family moved between England and Ireland many times. Francis was educated at home, but was thrown out in 1926 for dressing up3 in his mother’s clothes. His parents gave him enough money to live on, however. ART CAREER Bacon spent a lot of time drifting around4, but also taught himself to…

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