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FRANCIS BACON (1909-1992) POSSESSED THE RARE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM UNCONSCIOUS COMPULSIONS INTO FIGURATIVE, HUMAN-LIKE FORMS THAT SEEM TO EVOKE THE RAW EMOTIONS THAT BORE THEM. MIXING REALISM AND ABSTRACTION, BACON DELVES DEEP BENEATH THE SURFACES OF THINGS, OPENING UP THE HUMAN BODY TO REVEAL... read more
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Perhaps no artist of the 20th century in painting the tragedy of existence more realistically than Francis Bacon.
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- Dewey: 709
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- Books › Arts & Photography › Artists, A-Z › ( A-C ) › Bacon, Francis
- Books › Arts & Photography › Design & Decorative Arts › Graphic Design › Commercial
- Books › Arts & Photography › Schools, Periods & Styles › Modern
- Books › Arts & Photography › Schools, Periods & Styles › Contemporary Art
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism
- Books › Arts & Photography › Instructional & How-To
- Books › Arts & Photography › Painting
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