Born in Dublin on October 28, 1909, and passing away in Madrid on April 28, 1992, Bacon translated pain, isolation, and the fragility of the flesh into images of visceral and often terrifying power, becoming one of the most debated and celebrated figures of the 20th century.
His painting is an “assault on the nervous system.” Emerging as an isolated and radical figure, Bacon rejected the prevailing abstraction of his time to focus on a distorted, psychological figuration. He did not seek to tell a story but to trap a pure and immediate emotion on the canvas. Famous for his deformed portraits and monumental triptychs, the artist often used spatial cages or geometric structures to isolate his subjects, creating a sense of existential claustrophobia that reflec...> Read more