Francis Bacon / Martin Hammer.

By:

Hammer, Martin [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Phaidon focusPublication details: London : Phaidon Press, 2013.Description: 145 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cmISBN:

9780714861333 (hbk.)
0714861332 (hbk.)

Contained works:

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992. Works. Selections. 2013

Subject(s):

Bacon, Francis, 1909-1992

DDC classification:

759.2916 BAC

Summary: The art of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) epitomises the angst at the heart of the modern human condition. His dramatic images of screaming figures and distorted anatomies are painted with a richly gestural technique, alluding to such old masters as Titian, Velázquez and Rembrandt. Displaying repressed and raw emotion, his body of work includes portraits of Lucian Freud and John Deakin.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Standard Loan	LSAD Library Main Collection	759.2916 BAC (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		39002100467027

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The perfect introduction to the life and work of Francis Bacon

Includes bibliographical references (page 145) and index.

The art of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) epitomises the angst at the heart of the modern human condition. His dramatic images of screaming figures and distorted anatomies are painted with a richly gestural technique, alluding to such old masters as Titian, Velázquez and Rembrandt. Displaying repressed and raw emotion, his body of work includes portraits of Lucian Freud and John Deakin.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Martin Hammer is a leading specialist on Bacon, having taught, lectured, researched and written about his work for many years. He is the author of two important scholarly books on the artist, Bacon and Sutherland (2005) and Francis Bacon and Nazi Propaganda (2012). He also curated major exhibitions devoted to Graham Sutherland at the Dulwich Picture Gallery in 2005 and The Naked Portrait at the National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh in 2007. He is Professor of History and Philosophy of Art at the University of Kent.