Francis Bacon’s Portraiture: An Act of Portrayal, and associated catalogue text

Calvin Winner

Francis Bacon’s Portraiture: An Act of Portrayal, and associated catalogue text

Calvin Winner

Art History and World Art Studies

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Abstract

This essay explores Francis Bacon’s engagement with portraiture, an artistic genre of rich and ancient tradition. Francis Bacon (1909-1992) painted a range of subjects memorialising those closest to him, from small head studies to large-scale triptychs. Collectively, these works question traditional definitions of the genre and blur the boundaries of realism, expressionism, figuration and abstraction.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	De visi mostruosi e caricature
Subtitle of host publication	Da Leonardo da Vinci a Bacon
Editors	Pietro Marini
Place of Publication	Italy
Chapter	4
Pages	199-205
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	979-1254630846
Publication status	Published - 3 Feb 2023

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