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Triptych–August 1972
''Triptych–August 1972'' is a large oil-on-canvas triptych by the United Kingdom, British artist Francis Bacon (painter), Francis Bacon (1909–1992). It was painted in memory of Bacon's lover George Dyer who committed suicide on 24 October 1971, the eve of the artist's retrospective at Paris's Grand Palais, then the highest honour Bacon had received. The work is the second of three "The Black Triptychs, Black Triptychs" completed in the following years as a memorial to his lover. The dates of the last two triptychs are included in their titles, indicating that Bacon intended them as almost diary entries into a very bleak period in his life. As such the paintings are records of how Bacon was coping with the loss of Dyer at that particular time. They are haunted and permeated by the inevitable feelings of guilt experienced by anybody who has lost a close friend to suicide.Sylvester, 144 Context Bacon never really recovered from Dyer's suicide, and never again had such a clo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Triptych - August 1972
A triptych ( ) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three Wood carving, carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is flanked by two smaller related works, although there are triptychs of equal-sized panels. The form can also be used for pendant jewelry. Beyond its association with art, the term is sometimes used more generally to connote anything with three parts, particularly if integrated into a single unit. Etymology The word ''triptych'' was formed in English by compounding the prefix ''tri-'' with the word ''diptych''. ''Diptych'' is Loanword, borrowed from the Latin , which itself is derived from the Late Greek () . is the neuter plural of () . In art The triptych form appears in early Christian art, and was a popular standard format for altar paintings from t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eadweard Muybridge
Eadweard Muybridge ( ; 9 April 1830 – 8 May 1904, born Edward James Muggeridge) was an English photographer known for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion-picture Movie projector, projection. He adopted the first name "Eadweard" as the original Germanic name, Anglo-Saxon form of "Edward", and the surname "Muybridge", believing it to be similarly archaic. A photographer in the 19th century American West, he photographed Yosemite National Park, Yosemite, San Francisco, the newly acquired Alaska, Alaskan Territory, subjects involved in the Modoc War, and lighthouses on the West Coast of the United States, West Coast. He also made his early moving picture studies in California. Born in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, at the age of 20 he emigrated to the United States as a bookseller, first to New York City, then to San Francisco. In 1860, he planned a return trip to Europe, but suffered serious head injuries en route in a sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paintings By Francis Bacon
Painting is a visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush. Other implements, such as palette knives, sponges, airbrushes, the artist's fingers, or even a dripping technique that uses gravity may be used. One who produces paintings is called a painter. In art, the term "painting" describes both the act and the result of the action (the final work is called "a painting"). The support for paintings includes such surfaces as walls, paper, canvas, wood, glass, lacquer, pottery, leaf, copper and concrete, and the painting may incorporate other materials, in single or multiple form, including sand, clay, paper, cardboard, newspaper, plaster, gold leaf, and even entire objects. Painting is an important form of visual art, bringing in elements such as drawing, composition, gesture, narration, and abstraction. Paintings can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1973 Paintings
Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 1972 Miami Dolphins season, Miami Dolphins defeated the 1972 Washington Redskins season, Washington Redskins in Super Bowl VII, with the Dolphins ending the season a perfect 17-0. This marked the first and only time that an NFL team has had a perfect undefeated season, an achievement the team holds to this day. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. President Richard Nixon announces the suspension of offensive action in North Vietnam. * January 17 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President for Life of the Philippines. * January 22 ** ''Joe Frazier vs. George Foreman, The Sunshine Showdown'': George Foreman defeats Joe Frazier to win the heavyweight world boxing championship in Kingston, Jamaica. ** A Royal Jorda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Sylvester
Anthony David Bernard Sylvester (21 September 1924 – 19 June 2001) was a British art critic and curator. Although he received no formal education in the arts, during his long career he was influential in promoting modern artists, in particular Francis Bacon, Joan Miró, and Lucian Freud. Life and career Born in London, his father was a Russian-Jewish antiques dealer. Sylvester had trouble as a student at University College School and was thrown out of the family home. He wrote for the paper ''Tribune'' and went to Paris in 1947 where he met Alberto Giacometti, one of the strongest influences on him. Sylvester is credited with coining the term '' kitchen sink'' originally to describe a strand of post-war British painting typified by John Bratby. Sylvester used the phrase negatively but it was widely applied to other art forms including literature and theatre. During the 1950s, Sylvester worked with Henry Moore, Freud and Bacon but also supported Richard Hamilton and the ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Paintings By Francis Bacon
This is an incomplete list of paintings by the Irish-born British painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992). 1930s ;c.1929–30 *''Painting'' (Oil on canvas, 91.5 cm × 61 cm, Private Collection (long term loan to the Tate Gallery)) ;1933 *''Crucifixion'' (Oil on canvas, 60.5 cm × 47 cm, Private collection of Damien Hirst (Murderme), London) ;c.1936 *''Figures in a Garden'' (aka ''Seated Figure'', ''The Fox and the Grapes'', and ''Goering and his Lion Cub'') (Oil on canvas, 74 cm × 94 cm, Tate Gallery, London) 1940s ;1944 *''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion'' (Oil and pastel on Sundeala board, 94 cm × 74 cm (37 in × 29 in), Tate, London) ( large triptych) ;1945 *'' Figure in a landscape'' (Oil on canvas, 144.8 cm × 128.3 cm, Tate, London) ;1945–46 *''Figure Study I'' (Oil on canvas, 123 cm × 105.5 cm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) *''Figure Study II'' (Oil on canvas, 145 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crucifixion (Francis Bacon, 1965)
''Crucifixion'' is a 1965 triptych painted by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon (painter), Francis Bacon. Across each of the three panels, the work shows three forms of violent death. This triptych was the third such which Bacon painted relating to the Crucifixion of Jesus, Crucifixion, and follows 1944's ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion'', and the ''Three Studies for a Crucifixion'' of 1962. For Bacon, images of the crucifixion were "a magnificent armature on which you can [work] about your own feelings and sensations ... You are working on all sorts of very private feelings about behaviour and the way life is".Zweite, 142. The 1965 work closely follows the 1962 triptych in mood, colour and form and continues the artist's preoccupation with the imagery of the slaughterhouse.Davies & Yard, 44 However, whereas the earlier work had an urgency and sense of struggle, the 1965 crucifixion shows defeated and butchered figures splayed on beds and hanging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
