List Of Paintings By Francis Bacon
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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...
(1909–1992).


1930s

;c.1929–30 *''Painting'' (Oil on canvas, 91.5 cm × 61 cm, Private Collection (long term loan to the
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)) ;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,
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, London)


1940s

;1944 *''
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion'' is a 1944 triptych painted by the Anglo-Irish people, Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (artist), Francis Bacon. The canvasses are based on the Erinyes, Eumenides—or Furies—of ...
'' ( Oil and
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on Sundeala
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, 94 cm × 74 cm (37 in × 29 in),
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, London) ( large triptych) ;1945 *''
Figure in a landscape ''Figure in a landscape'' is a 1945 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. Based on a photograph of Eric Hall dozing on a seat in Hyde Park, also the basis of another painting, ''Figure in a landscape'' (1945), which was bought by Diana ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 144.8 cm × 128.3 cm,
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, 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 cm x 129 cm, Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield) ;1946 *''
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'' (Oil and pastel on linen, 197.8 cm × 132.1 cm (6.5 7/8 x 52 in),
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, New York City) ;1947–48 *''
Head I ''Head I'' is a relatively small oil and tempera on hardboard painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon. Completed in 1948, it is the first in a series of six heads, the remainder of which were painted the following yea ...
'' (Oil and tempera on hardboard, 100.3 cm × 74.9 cm (39.5 x 29.5 in),
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, New York City) ;1949 *''
Head II ''Head II'' is an oil and tempera on hardboard painting by the Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon. Completed in 1948, it is the second in a series of six heads, painted from the winter of 1948 in preparation for a November 1949 ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 80 x 63.6 cm (31.4 x 25 in),
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, Belfast) *''
Head III ''Head III'' is an oil painting by Francis Bacon, one of series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London. As with the other six paintings in the series, it focuses on the disembodied head of male f ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 81 x 66 cm (32 x 26 in), Private collection) *''
Head IV ''Head IV'', sometimes subtitled ''Man with a Monkey'', is a 1949 painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (artist), Francis Bacon, one of series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London ...
(Man with a Monkey)'' (Oil on canvas, 82 x 66 cm, (32.4 x 26 in) Private collection) *''
Head V ''Head V'' is a 1949 painting by Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon, one of series of works made in 1949 for his first one-man exhibition at the Hanover Gallery, in London. It measures and is held in a private collection. The painting is ...
'' (Oil on canvas) Private collection) *''
Head VI ''Head VI'' is an oil-on-canvas painting by Irish-born figurative artist Francis Bacon, the last of six panels making up his "1949 Head" series. It shows a bust view of a single figure, modeled on Diego Velázquez's ''Portrait of Innocent X ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 93.2 cm × 76.5 cm (36.6 x 30.1in), Arts Council Collection, London) *''Study from the human body'' (Oil on canvas, 147.2 × 130.6 cm, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne)


1950s

;1951 *''Pope I – Study after Pope Innocent X by Velazquez'' (Oil and sand on canvas, 197.8 x 137.4 cm (78 x 54 in), Aberdeen Art Gallery, Aberdeen) ;1952 *''Man Eating a Leg of Chicken'' (Oil on canvas),
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, Reggio Emilia) *'' Study for Crouching Nude'' (Oil and sand on canvas, 137.1 x 198.1 cm (54 × 78 in), Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan) *''Study of a Dog'' (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 137.2 cm,
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, London) *''Study of a Figure in a Landscape'' (Oil on canvas, 198.12 x 137.16 cm (78 x 54 in), Phillips Collection, Washington D.C.) *''Study for a Portrait'' (aka ''Businessman I'' and ''Man's Head'') (Oil on canvas, 66.1 cm × 56.1 cm,
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, London) ;1953 * Two Figures (Oil on canvas, 152.5 cm × 116.5 cm (60.0 in × 45.9 in), Private Collection. *''
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X ''Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X'' is a 1953 painting by the artist Francis Bacon. The work shows a distorted version of the ''Portrait of Innocent X'' painted by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1650. The work is one of ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 152.1 × 117.8 cm (59 7/8 × 46 3/8 in), Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines) *''Study of a Baboon'' (Oil on canvas, 198.3 x 137.3 cm (6.6 x 54 in),
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, New York City) *''Study from the Human Body'' (Oil on canvas, 147.2 x 130.6 cm (57.8 x 51.4in), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne) *''Study for a Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 152.3 x 117 cm (60 x 46 in), Private collection) *''Study for Portrait VI'' (Oil on canvas, 151.45 x 116.21 cm (59 5/8 x 45 3/4 in),
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, Minnesota) *''Study for Portrait VII'' (Oil on canvas, 152.3 x 117 cm (60 x 46 in),
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, New York City) *''Study of the Sphinx'' (Oil on canvas, 214 x 153 cm (84.2 x 60.2 in), Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut) ;1954 *''Man in Blue IV'' (Oil on canvas, 137 × 197.96 cm (53.94 x 77.95 in), mumok, Vienna) * ''
Figure with Meat ''Figure with Meat'' is a 1954 painting by the Irish-born artist Francis Bacon. The figure is based on the Pope Innocent X portrait by Diego Velázquez; however, in the Bacon painting the Pope is shown as a gruesome figure and placed between two ...
'' ;1955 *''Head in Grey'' (Oil on canvas, 60.9 x 51 cm (24.1 × 20.1 in),
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, Minnesota) *''Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake)'' (Oil on canvas, 60.1 cm × 50.8 cm,
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, London) *''Figure Sitting (The Cardinal)'' (Oil on canvas, 178.5 cm × 143.5 cm (70.2 x 56.4in),
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, Ghent) ;1956 *''Figures in a Landscape'' (Oil on canvas, 150 x 107.5 cm (59 x 42.3 in), Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham) *''Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 198.12 × 137.16 cm (78 x 54 in),
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, Texas) *''Study for Figure No. 4'' (Oil on canvas, 152.4 cm × 116.8 cm (60 x 45.9in),
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, Adelaide) *''Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake)'' (Oil on canvas, each 61.1 x 50.8 cm (24 1/8 x 20 in),
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, New York City) (small triptych) ;1956–57 *''Study for Portrait No.6'' (Oil on canvas, 149 x 116 cm (58.6 x 45.6 in),
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, Newcastle upon Tyne) ;1957 *''Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV'' (Oil on canvas, 152.4 cm × 116.8 cm,
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, London) *''Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh VI'' (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 142.2 cm (78 x 56in), Arts Council Collection, London) *''Study for Chimpanzee'' (Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 117 cm (60 x 46 1/16 in), Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice) ;1958 *''Pope with Owls'' (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 1422 cm (78 x 56in), Museum of Modern Arts, Brussels)


1960s

;1959–60 *''Walking Figure'' (Oil on canvas, 158.12 × 142.24 cm (78 x 56 in), Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas) ;1960 *''Nude'' (Oil on canvas 152,4 x 119,7 cm, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt) *''Seated Figure'' (Oil on canvas, 152.8 x 119.5 cm, (60 1/8 x 47 in), Private collection) *''Study of a Child'' (Oil on canvas 152.5 x 118 cm (60 x 46.5 in),
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, Bogotá) ;1961 *''Reclining Woman'' (Oil on canvas, 198.8 cm × 141.6 cm,
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, London) *''Seated Figure'' (Oil on canvas, 165.1 cm × 142.2 cm,
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, London) ;1962 *''Figure in a Room'' (Oil on canvas, 198.8 × 144.7 cm (78.2 × 56.9 in), Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul) *''Study for Three Heads'' (Oil on canvas, 35.9 x 30.8 cm (14 x 12 in),
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, New York City) *''
Three Studies for a Crucifixion ''Three Studies for a Crucifixion'' is a 1962 triptych oil painting by Francis Bacon. It was completed in March 1962 and comprises three separate canvases, each measuring . The work is held by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. Back ...
'' (Oil and
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on canvas, 198.2 x 145 cm (78 x 57 in),
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, New York City) ( large triptych) ;1963 *''Figure with Two Owls, Study for Velazquez'' (Oil on canvas, 198.12 x 144.78 cm (78 x 57 in),
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, San Francisco) *''Portrait of Henrietta Moraes'' (Oil on canvas, 165.1 x 142.2 cm (65 x 56 in),
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) *''Study for Portrait on Folding Bed'' (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 147.3 cm,
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, London) *''Study for Self Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 165.2 x 142.6 cm (64.9 x 56.1 in), National Museum Cardiff, Cardiff) *'' Three Studies for the Portrait of Henrietta Moraes'' (Oil on canvas, each 35.9 x 30.8 cm (14 1/8 x 12 1/8 in),
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, New York City) (small triptych) ;1964 *''Study for the Portrait of Lucian Freud'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.8 cm (78 x 54 in),
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, Jerusalem) *'' Three Figures in a Room 1964'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Musée National d'Art Moderne,
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, Paris) ( large triptych) *''Study for Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 152.4 x 140 cm, (60 x 55 in), Private collection) ;1965 *''
Crucifixion Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment in which the victim is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross or beam and left to hang until eventual death from exhaustion and asphyxiation. It was used as a punishment by the Persians, Carthagin ...
'' (Oil and acrylic on canvas, 197.5 cm x 147 cm (78 x 58 in),
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, Munich) ( large triptych) ;1966 *''Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych) *''
Portrait of George Dyer Talking ''Portrait of George Dyer Talking'' is an oil painting on canvas executed in 1966 by the British painter Francis Bacon. It is a portrait of his lover George Dyer made at the height of Bacon's creative power. It depicts Dyer sitting on a revolvi ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 198.2 x 147.3 cm (78 x 58 in), Private collection) *''Portrait of Isabel Rawsthorne'' (Oil on canvas, 81.3 cm × 68.6 cm,
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, London) ;c.1967 *''Untitled (Head)'' (Oil on canvas, 33.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection) ;1967 *''Study for Head of Lucian Freud'' (Oil on canvas, 36 cm × 30.5 cm, Private collection, long term loan to
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, London) *''Triptych inspired by T.S Elliot's Poem Sweeney Agonistes'' (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78.25 x 57.25 in), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.) ( large triptych) *''
Three Studies for George Dyer ''Three Studies for George Dyer'' is a small-format triptych painted by the Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon in 1964. It comprises three portraits of Bacon's lover George Dyer: from left to right, a three-quarter view, a right profile, a ...
'' (1967) *'' Portrait of George Dyer and Lucian Freud'' (1967) ;1968 *''Two Figures Lying on a Bed with Attendants'' (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran) ( large triptych) ;1969 *'' Three Studies of Lucian Freud'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych)


1970s

;1970 *''Triptych 1970'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), National Gallery of Australia, Canberra) ( large triptych) *'' Three Studies of the Male Back'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57.5 in), Kunsthaus, Zurich) *''Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1970)'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58.5 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) ( large triptych) *''Triptych – Studies from the Human Body (1970)'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Jacques Hachuel, Paris) ( large triptych) ;1971 *'' Study of Red Pope 1962. 2nd version 1971'' (198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58⅛ in) *''In Memory of George Dyer'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Beyler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel) ( large triptych) ;1972 *''
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 ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 198.1 x 147.3 cm,
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, London) *''Three Studies of Figures on Beds'' (Oil and tempere on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych) ;1973 *''Three Portraits: Posthumous Portrait of George Dyer, Self-portrait, and Portrait of Lucian Freud'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Beyler Foundation, Riehen, near Basel) ( large triptych) *'' Triptych, May–June 1973'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of
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, Switzerland) ( large triptych)Thornton, Sarah.
Francis Bacon claims his place at the top of the market
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;1974 *''Three Studies for Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 35.6 x 30.5 cm, (14 x 12 in), Private collection) (small triptych) *''Triptych March 1974'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection, Madrid) ( large triptych) *''Triptych 1974–1977'' (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Joe Lewis) ( large triptych)Brown, Mark.
What recession? Bacon sells for £26.3m
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;1975 *''Three Studies for Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, each 35.5 x 30.5 cm, (14 x 12 in), Private collection) (small triptych) *''Three Figures and Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 198.1 cm × 147.3 cm,
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, London) ;1976 *''Study for Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 198.0 x 147.5 cm (77.9 x 58 in),
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, Sydney) *'' Triptych 1976'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of Roman Abramovich) ( large triptych) ;1979 *''Triptych – Studies of the Human Body (1979)'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych) ;1979–80 *''Three Studies for a Self-Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, each 37.5 cm × 31.8 cm (14 3/4 x 12.5 in),
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, New York City) (small triptych)


1980s

;1981 *'' Triptych inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 58 in), Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo) ( large triptych) ;1981–82 *''Triptych November 1981 – January 1982 (left panel)'' (Oil, pastel and transfer lettering on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm, Private collection, the Estate of Francis Bacon) ;1982 *''Three Studies for Portrait (Mick Jagger)'' (Oil and pastel on canvas, each panel 35.5 x 30.5 cm (14 x 12 in), Private collection, New York City) (small triptych) ;1983 *''Three Studies for a Self Portrait'' (Oil on canvas, 34.9 x 30.5 cm (13 3/4 x 12 in), Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu) *''Triptych 1983'' (Oil and pastel on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of
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) ( large triptych) ;1984 *''Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych) ;1986 *''
Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86 ''Study for a Self-Portrait—Triptych, 1985–86'' is a triptych painted between 1985 and 1986 by the Irish born artist Francis Bacon. It is a brutally honest examination of the effect of age and time on the human body and spirit, and was paint ...
'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Marlborough International Fine Art) ( large triptych) *''Portrait of Gilbert de Botton Speaking'' (Oil on canvas, Private collection) ;1987 *''Triptych 86–87'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection) ( large triptych) *''Triptych 1987'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in), Private collection of the Estate of Francis Bacon, London) ( large triptych) ;c.1988 *''Blood on Pavement'' (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection) ;1988 *''Portrait of John Edwards'' (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection of the Estate of Francis Bacon, London) *''Jet of Water'' (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Private collection of Mr. and Mrs. J. Tomlinson Hill, New York) *'' Second Version of Triptych 1944'' (Oil on canvas, 198 x 147.5 cm (78 x 57 in),
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, London) ( large triptych)


1990s

;1991 *''Study for a Portrait March 1991'' (Oil on canvas, 198 cm × 147.5 cm, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh) *''Triptych 1991'' (Oil on linen, 198.1 x 147.6 cm (78 x 57 in),
Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...
, New York City) ( large triptych)


See also

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List of large triptychs by Francis Bacon __NOTOC__ The Irish-born British artist Francis Bacon (1909–1992) painted 28 known large triptychs between 1944 and 1985–86.Sylvester, 107 He began working in the format in the mid-1940s with a number of smaller scale works before graduatin ...


References

* {{Lists of paintings Bacon, Francis Francis Bacon (artist)