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Bacon (1909-92) was raised in large country houses in rural Ireland by a family whose conventional expectations he rebelled against early on. As a young man he was introduced to the seamy side of life in London and Paris; but only after seeing a Picasso retrospective in 1928 did he become an artist.
He sprang into prominence in 1944 with a triptych which shocked the art world with its sheer ferocity, and he soon emerged, with his friend Lucian Freud, as a leader of an informal "School of London," which favored figurative painting in an age dominated by abstraction.
As retrospectives of Bacon's work in Paris, London, and New York made his reputation soar, his nighttime exploits grew wilder and wilder; charming and confident, with a strong sadomasochistic streak, he was drawn to "rough trade" in London clubs and pushed all situations to the edge. At the same time, he was a deeply cultivated and thoughtful artist who was obsessively guarded about the sources of his inspiration.
Michael Peppiatt has unlocked many of the enigmas of Bacon's life and work. Bacon talked openly to Peppiatt about his early life, his sexuality, his fantasies, and his ambitions, aware that all was being recorded for publication.
At the suggestion that some of his remarks would sound indiscreet, Bacon replied: "The more indiscreet, the more interesting it will be." Together with many new facts, unpublished documents, and penetrating analyses of key paintings, these conversations have been integrated into what is the most complete and riveting account of one of the greatest artists of our time.
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Francis Bacon: studies for a portrait
2008, Yale University Press
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Francis Bacon: Anatomia de un Enigma / Anatomy of an Enigma
March 2000, Gedisa Editorial
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Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma
September 1998, Westview Press
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Francis Bacon: anatomy of an enigma
1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Francis Bacon: anatomy of an enigma
1997, Phoenix, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Francis Bacon
1996, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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