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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Predicate Object
instanceOf British artist
Irish-born artist
figurative painter
human
painter
activePeriod 20th century
artStyleCharacteristic distorted human figures
disturbing imagery
raw emotional intensity
associatedWith Lucian Freud NERFINISHED
Soho art scene
birthName Francis Bacon NERFINISHED
burialPlace London NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
citizenship United Kingdom
countryOfBirth Ireland NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Spain NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1909-10-28
dateOfDeath 1992-04-28
ethnicOrigin Anglo-Irish NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork painting
genre figurative painting
portrait
self-portrait
influencedBy Diego Velázquez NERFINISHED
Pablo Picasso NERFINISHED
Surrealism NERFINISHED
photography
knownFor depictions of screaming popes
emotionally charged figurative paintings
triptych format paintings
language English
movement Expressionism NERFINISHED
Figurative art
name Francis Bacon NERFINISHED
nationality British
notableWork Painting 1946
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
visual artist
parentalBackground British parents living in Ireland
placeOfBirth Dublin NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Madrid NERFINISHED
residence London
sexualOrientation gay

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