Francis Bacon: Man and Beast

by Catherine Howe, Anna Testar, Michael Peppiatt

The most notorious painter of the 20th century plumbs the animal darkness at the core of the human condition

Despite his harsh habits of self-editing and a relatively late start, the British painter Francis Bacon produced a considerable body of work that continues to electrify. In 1969, Bacon became interested in bullfighting and painted a series of powerful works that evoke anguish and eroticism simultaneously in the contorted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1912520559
• ISBN13: 9781912520558
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Royal Academy of Arts
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.3" x 11.2"