| Description |
1 online resource (409 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART ONE 1909-44; 1 Origins and Upbringing, 1909-26; 2 Educated Abroad: Berlin and Paris, 1926-28; 3 A Brief Apprenticeship, 1928-33; 4 'Insufficiently Surreal', 1933-39; 5 A Vision Without Veils, 1939-44; PART TWO 1944-63; 6 Father Figures and Crucifixions, 1944-46; 7 Towards Other Shores, 1946-50; 8 Hounded by Furies, 1950-54; 9 Truth Told by a Lie, 1954-58; 10 Recognition at Home: The Tate Retrospective, 1958-63; PART THREE 1963-92; 11 'A Brilliant Fool Like Me', 1963-69 |
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12 All the Honours of Paris, 1969-7213 Elegy for the Dead, 1972-75; 14 'My Exhilarated Despair', 1975-81; 15 Alone in the Studio, 1981-84; 16 'The Greatest Living Painter', 1984-92; Postscript; Notes; Main Exhibitions; Selected Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
This book, a biography on Francis Bacon, is inspired by the friendship the author had with Bacon and based on records of the conversations that took place since 1963. The book forms the first comprehensive account of the artist's life and his work |
| Notes |
First published to accompany the exhibition "Francis Bacon: Paintings from the 1950s." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 03, 2019) |
| Subject |
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992.
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| SUBJECT |
Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992 fast |
| Subject |
Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography
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ART -- General.
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ART -- History -- General.
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Painters
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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Biographies.
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Biographies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429691096 |
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0429691092 |
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9780429040399 |
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0429040393 |
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9780429711107 |
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0429711107 |
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9780429731112 |
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0429731116 |
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