A triptych painting of George Dyer, the lover and muse of Irish-born figurative artist Francis Bacon, sold for $51.8 million at a Christie’s auction for contemporary works in May. The painting, once owned by children’s author Roahl Dahl, a close friend of Bacon’s, spent the last 25 years in the private collection of French actor Francis Lombrail and was originally slated to … [Read more...] about Francis Bacon Painting Hits $51.8m Bid
Francis Bacon
Bacon Painting Sells for €3 Million
Francis Bacon's Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards, sold for over €3 million to a private collector at an auction in Christie's in London, on February 8. Te oil canvas, a three-panel work painted in 1984, is considered a rare and important portrait of Edwards, who was Bacon's companion until the artist's death in 1992. Bacon chose it as the final work of his second … [Read more...] about Bacon Painting Sells for €3 Million
The Beckett of Paint
"I live, you might say, in gilded squalor," Dublin-born painter Francis Bacon once remarked, explaining his attachment to 7 Reece Mews, the spartan twelve-by-eight-foot London flat that was both his home and studio for the last 30 years of his life. For Bacon, the drab, confining space, accessed by a ship's ladder, was more than just a place to hang his hat. With its … [Read more...] about The Beckett of Paint