Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon was a 20th-century Irish-born British painter renowned for his raw, emotionally charged, and often disturbing figurative works.
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| instanceOf |
British artist
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Irish-born artist → figurative painter → human → painter → |
| activePeriod |
20th century
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| artStyleCharacteristic |
distorted human figures
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disturbing imagery → raw emotional intensity → |
| associatedWith |
Lucian Freud
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Soho art scene → |
| birthName |
Francis Bacon
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| burialPlace |
London
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| causeOfDeath |
heart attack
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| citizenship |
United Kingdom
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| countryOfBirth |
Ireland
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| countryOfDeath |
Spain
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| dateOfBirth |
1909-10-28
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| dateOfDeath |
1992-04-28
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| ethnicOrigin |
Anglo-Irish
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| fieldOfWork |
painting
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| genre |
figurative painting
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portrait → self-portrait → |
| influencedBy |
Diego Velázquez
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Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED → Surrealism NERFINISHED → photography → |
| knownFor |
depictions of screaming popes
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emotionally charged figurative paintings → triptych format paintings → |
| language |
English
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| movement |
Expressionism
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Figurative art → |
| name |
Francis Bacon
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| nationality |
British
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| notableWork |
Painting 1946
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Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X NERFINISHED → Study for a Portrait NERFINISHED → Study for a Self-Portrait NERFINISHED → Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion NERFINISHED → Three Studies of Lucian Freud NERFINISHED → |
| occupation |
painter
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visual artist → |
| parentalBackground |
British parents living in Ireland
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| placeOfBirth |
Dublin
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| placeOfDeath |
Madrid
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| residence |
London
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| sexualOrientation |
gay
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Referenced by (5)
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Egon Schiele
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Walter Sickert → |
influenced |
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Reina Sofía Museum
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creatorOfCollectionIncludes |
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Bacon
("Francis Bacon (painter)")
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The Phillips Collection
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hasWorkBy |