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Francis Bacon

(1909–1992)

The artist’s works:

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion
1944
Tate Britain, London

Study for a Portrait
1952
Tate Britain, London

Study for Crouching Nude
1952
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit

Study for ‘Portrait of Van Gogh IV’
1957
Tate Britain, London

Reclining Woman
1961
Tate Britain, London

Self-Portrait
1971
Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris

Triptych August 1972
1972
Tate Britain, London

Self-Portrait
1975
Private collection

Oedipe et le Sphinx d’après Ingres
1984
Private collection

Born October 28 1909 Dublin (Ireland)
Died April 28 1992 Madrid (España)
Occupation Painter

Tags: 1909 1992 April 28 Art artist Australian Ancestry Bacon British Cubism Dublin England English Ancestry España expatriate Expressionism France Ireland Irish London Madrid Morocco October 28 painter Surrealism UK Van Gogh

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