Title:

Head Surrounded by Sides of Beef

Artist:

Bacon, Francis (1909-1992)

Date: 1954 Movement: Expressionism Theme: Body Technique: Oil on canvas Museum:  Art Institute of Chicago Location: Chicago, IL, USA
Description: Permeated by tormented visions of humanity, Francis Bacon’s paintings embody the ethos of the postwar era. Beginning in the late 1940s, Bacon created a series of works modeled on Diego Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1649/50), in which he transformed the celebrated masterpiece into grot...  more...

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