Research Catalog

Title

Francis Bacon / Andrew Brighton.

Author

Brighton, Andrew

Publication

• London : Tate Publishing, [2013].
• ©2013

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Details

Description

96 pages : illustrations.

Summary

"When Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion was exhibited in 1945, Francis Bacon (1909-1992) instantly became the most controversial painter in the country. By the end of his life, his status as one of the giants of modern art was established, as was his reputation for hard drinking, heavy gambling and sado-masochistic homosexuality. Andrew Brighton casts fresh light on Bacon's formation as an artist in gay and aristocratic bohemian London circles. He locates Bacon at the core of contesting ideas and values, while firmly grounding his reading of Bacon's work in an understanding of his working methods and technique. Penetrating the seeming horror of Bacon's painting, this book reveals the ideas, the beliefs and the life that formed one of the most successful artists of the twentieth century."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

British artists

Uniform Title

British artists (Tate Gallery Publishing)

Subjects

• Figurative expressionism > England
• Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 > Criticism and interpretation

Note

• Previous edition: 2001.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Pretexts for Despair -- Ideologies of Dispair -- Bacon's Difference -- Crucifixions -- Illustration and the Dyer Triptychs -- Eric Hall and the Poets -- Bacon's Delay.

Call Number

JQF 14-549

ISBN

• 9781849760416 (hbk)
• 1849760411 (hbk)

OCLC

833278156

Author

Brighton, Andrew, author.

Title

Francis Bacon / Andrew Brighton.

Publisher

London : Tate Publishing, [2013].

Copyright Date

©2013

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

British artists

British artists (Tate Gallery Publishing)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JQF 14-549