Francis Bacon was born in Dublin in 1909. At the age of 16, he moved to London and subsequently lived for about two years in Berlin and Paris. Although Bacon never attended art school, he began to draw and work in watercolor about 1926–27. Upon his return to London in 1929, he established himself as a furniture designer and interior designer. (There is an article on his furniture design in ‘Studio’ magazine circa 1930.) He began to use oils in the fall of that year and exhibited a few paintings as well as furniture and rugs in his studio. His work was included in a group exhibition in London at the Mayor Gallery in 1933. In 1934, the artist organized his own first solo show at Sunderland House, London, which he called Transition Gallery for the occasion. He participated in a group show at Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, in 1937.
Bacon painted relatively little after his solo show and in the 1930s and early 1940s destroyed many of his works. He began to paint intensively again in 1944. His first major solo show took place at the Hanover Gallery, London, in 1949. From the mid-1940s to the 1950s, His first solo exhibition outside England was held in 1953 at Durlacher Brothers, New York. In 1950–51 and 1952, the artist travelled to South Africa. He visited Italy in 1954 when his work was featured in the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. His first retrospective was held at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, in 1955. Bacon was given a solo show at the São Paulo Bienal in 1959. In 1962, the Tate Gallery, London, organized a Bacon retrospective, a modified version of which travelled to Mannheim, Turin, Zurich, and Amsterdam. Other important exhibitions of his work were held at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, in 1963 and the Grand Palais in Paris in 1971; paintings from 1968 to 1974 were exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in 1975. Retrospectives of his work were held at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, in 1989–90 and at the Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris, in 1996. The artist died April 28, 1992, in Madrid.
BACON, Francis
B/w photograph of Francis Bacon (partially obscured and John Edwards?) in the Colony Room. circa 1975.
£950.00
BACON, Francis
B/w photograph of Francis Bacon and a companion in South Kensington, circa 1970. Probably taken by Edwards.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
B/w photograph of Francis Bacon, John Edwards and a companion in South Kensington, circa 1975.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Colour photograph of Francis Bacon in the front seat of a vehicle circa 1975.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Colour photograph of Francis Bacon with glass of wine. circa 1975. Probably taken by Edwards.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Colour photograph of Francis Bacon, Ian Board and another in the Colony Room. circa 1980. 148x102mm.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Colour photograph of Francis Bacon, Ian Board, Jeffrey Barnard and John Edwards? (partially obscured). in the Colony Room. circa 1980.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Colour photograph of Francis Bacon. Circa 1975. Probably taken by Edwards.
£750.00
BACON, Francis
Four colour photographs of Francis Bacon, Ian Board and other Colony Room habitues at a book launch party circa 1980. 150x100mm.
£950.00
BACON, Francis
Four Portraits of Francis Bacon. Original gelatin prints by Jorge Lewinski. Circa 1970. Studio stamp of the photographer, each circa 195x248mm. in later frame.
£3,500.00
BACON, Francis
Photographs from the show ‘Francis Bacon in Dublin’ 2000 at the Hugh Lane Municipal Art Gallery. Some taken by Edwards.
£550.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon at top of stairs. Original gelatin print by Jorge Lewinski. 1970. Studio stamp of the photographer, 197x245mm.
£1,600.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon in the Colony Room. Photograph by Frank Egloff 1983.
£2,500.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon with brushes and canvas. Original gelatin print by Jorge Lewinski. Circa 1970. Studio stamp of the photographer, 197x240mm.
£1,600.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon. Original gelatin print by Jorge Lewinski. Circa 1967. Studio stamp of the photographer, ‘Francis Bacon’ added in blue ink. 195x248mm.
£1,600.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon. Original gelatin print by Jorge Lewinski. Circa 1970. Studio stamp of the photographer, 197x240mm.
£900.00
BACON, Francis
Portrait of Francis Bacon. Original gelatin print by Jorge Lewinski. Circa 1970. Studio stamp of the photographer, 197x242mm.
£900.00
BACON, Francis
Three colour photographs of Francis Bacon at a gallery private view party circa 1980.
£950.00
BACON, Francis
Three Portraits of Francis Bacon. Later copies. Framed.
£300.00
BACON, Francis
Two colour photographs of John Edwards in front of a triptych portrait by Francis Bacon circa 1980. 148x100mm
£350.00
BACON, Francis
Francis Bacon poster for Galerie Maeght, Paris, 1967
£250.00
