Francis Bacon

1909–1992

Artworks

A shadowy grey figure in a suit slumps over a tubular frame in a scrubby garden, its head and chest dissolving into blackness; only a white shirt cuff is distinct, and a dark gun-like barrel points from a curved rail at right.

Figure in a Landscape

Francis Bacon

1945

A blurred, ghostly grey dog stands head-down on a dark green circle at the centre of a broad beige ground bordered in red, beneath a thin horizon line with distant cars and a tiny palm tree.

Dog

Francis Bacon

1952

Three panels on a harsh orange ground, each with a contorted pale grey creature: one hunched and draped, one bandaged with a grimacing mouth on a spindly stand, one open-jawed with a long straining neck

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Francis Bacon

1944

On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art

A shadowy figure in a wide yellow straw hat trudges along a rough red road between dark tree trunks, thin easel rods trailing behind, against bands of yellow field and deep blue-green sky painted in thick strokes

Study for Portrait of Van Gogh IV

Francis Bacon

1957

A distorted pink nude sprawls head-down across a grey sofa, one leg thrust upward and smeared face tipped toward the floor, between a flat red foreground and a pale blue-white wall.

Reclining Woman

Francis Bacon

1961

A man in a dark suit with a smeared, blurred face sits on a blue buttoned sofa against red-streaked curtains, framed by thin white lines sketching a transparent box around him, his feet on a patterned red rug.

Seated Figure

Francis Bacon

1961

Study for Portrait on Folding Bed

Francis Bacon

1963

On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art

Head-and-shoulders portrait of a woman with shoulder-length brown hair emerging from a black background, her face built from smeared, swirling strokes of pink, red and grey that distort her features

Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne

Francis Bacon

1966

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Artist as subject

Close-up portrait in soft grey tones of a man's fleshy face filling the frame, with wavy swept-back hair, heavy-lidded downcast eyes, and a pensive, sagging expression.

Francis Bacon

Lucian Freud

1952

Bacon I

R.B. Kitaj

1968–9

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Bacon II

R.B. Kitaj

1968–9

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Francis Bacon

Gary Hume

1998

Three panels with black doorways in cream walls: seated near-naked male figures with smeared, contorted features flank a central pair of entwined bodies wrestling on the floor, pink flesh pooling beneath the chairs

Triptych August 1972

Francis Bacon

1972

On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art

Symposium I

Helen Lessore

1974–77

A gold spiral staircase winds through a vivid pop-coloured interior with patterned tiles; a figure in yellow stands at the top rail, a ghostly figure on the lower steps, and a screaming figure sprawled at upper right

Mirror

Sir Frank Bowling OBE RA

1964–6

On display at Tate Britain part of Modern and Contemporary British Art

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Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Salisbury, South Rhodesia

Francis Bacon, recipient: Erica Brausen

22 February 1951

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Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Tangier, Morocco

Francis Bacon, recipient: Erica Brausen

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Untitled drawing of three rooms approached by a ladder

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Incomplete letter with drawn lines

Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon

1909–1992

Artworks

Figure in a Landscape

Dog

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Study for Portrait of Van Gogh IV

Reclining Woman

Seated Figure

Study for Portrait on Folding Bed

Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne

Artist as subject

Francis Bacon

Bacon I

Bacon II

Francis Bacon

Triptych August 1972

Symposium I

Mirror

Stories

Five Ways to Paint a Body

Damien Hirst on Francis Bacon

Film meets Art – Chris Nolan inspired by Francis Bacon

Walks of Art: Scottee on Francis Bacon and Soho

MixTate: Visionist on Francis Bacon

Homage to Bacon

Sketches, letters, etc.

Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Salisbury, South Rhodesia

Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Tangier, Morocco

Untitled drawing of three rooms approached by a ladder

Incomplete letter with drawn lines

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Artworks

Figure in a Landscape

Dog

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Study for Portrait of Van Gogh IV

Reclining Woman

Seated Figure

Study for Portrait on Folding Bed

Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne

Artist as subject

Francis Bacon

Bacon I

Bacon II

Francis Bacon

Triptych August 1972

Symposium I

Mirror

Stories

Five Ways to Paint a Body

Damien Hirst on Francis Bacon

Film meets Art – Chris Nolan inspired by Francis Bacon

Walks of Art: Scottee on Francis Bacon and Soho

MixTate: Visionist on Francis Bacon

Homage to Bacon

Sketches, letters, etc.

Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Salisbury, South Rhodesia

Letter from Francis Bacon to Erica Brausen, addressed Tangier, Morocco

Untitled drawing of three rooms approached by a ladder

Incomplete letter with drawn lines

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