An exhibition of the English expressionist artist, portrait painter, one of the most popular and expensive artists of the mid-twentieth century, Francis Bacon, has opened at the National Portrait Gallery in London.”Human presence“.
As Day.Az reports with reference to the official website of the gallery, the exhibition includes over 55 works created by the artist since the 1950s. The exhibition reveals Francis Bacon’s deep connection to portraiture and his innovative approach to the genre.
The British painter not only revised traditional ideas about portraiture, but also filled his works with personal experiences and emotions. As an artist, he preferred to work not from life, but from photographs of his friends and acquaintances, as well as from illustrations in books, magazines and newspapers.
The exhibition exhibits are works from private and public collections, from the author’s reinterpretations of portraits of great masters to large canvases on which the artist captured his relationships and losses. There are self-portraits and images of figures significant to Bacon, including the artists Lucian Freud and Isabel Rawsthorne, as well as Peter Lacy and George Dyer, allowing the viewer to trace the story of Francis’s life and feelings through his portraiture.
Francis Bacon is a controversial and mysterious painter, whose work evokes sincere admiration among some, and obvious rejection and sometimes even disgust among others. The artist’s paintings, depicting distorted human bodies, shapeless faces and parts of various animals, not only convey the individual inner world of the author, but also reflect the characteristics of the time and way of society in which he lived. Bacon’s bold and shocking works are extremely popular, awarded many prestigious awards and exhibited in the most famous galleries in England and the USA, Germany and Russia. The artist’s extraordinary creativity has a large number of followers around the world.
Note that the exhibition “Human Presence” will be held in London from October 10, 2024 to January 19, 2025.