Francis Bacon // Originals

  • Francis Bacon’s paintings rank among the most powerful and recognisable in modern art. Raw, unsettling, and unmistakably human, they confront...
    Sand Dune 1981, 
    Oil, pastel, dust and dry transfer lettering on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm
    ©The Estate of Francis Bacon, Pictured, image repoduced for educational purposes only. 
    Francis Bacon’s paintings rank among the most powerful and recognisable in modern art. Raw, unsettling, and unmistakably human, they confront rather than console. Through his stark treatment of the body and fearless exploration of emotion, Bacon redefined figurative painting for the twentieth century.
     
    Each original work reflects his lifelong fascination with the fragility of life, the distortion of form, and the psychological depth of human experience. From his early Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion to the late self-portraits of the 1980s, Bacon’s paintings reveal a relentless pursuit of truth, not beauty, but honesty. His canvases, marked by movement, violence, and vulnerability, continue to resonate as some of the most important artistic expressions of the post-war era.
     
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  • "I want a very ordered image, but I want to come about by chance."

     

    - Francis Bacon 

    Francis Bacon’s works hold a distinct place in twentieth-century art. Each painting is an encounter rather than an image, confronting the instability of flesh and the uncertainty of being. Bacon painted not to idealise life, but to expose it in all its tension and fragility.
     
    From early crucifixions to late portraits and triptychs, his originals capture moments that feel both personal and universal. Figures twist and reform within confined spaces, caught between motion and stillness. These works remain as charged today as when they first appeared, reminders that Bacon’s art was never about depicting reality but revealing what lies beneath it.

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