1954501

Francis Bacon Vintage Poster, 1968 #1954501

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Francis Bacon Vintage Poster, 1968 #1954501
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Artist: Francis Bacon

Title: Poster for the Exhibition at Marlborough/Gerson Galleries, New York

Year: 1968

Medium: Original Poster

Paper Size: 30" x 22



Francis Bacon (1909 - 1992)





b. 1909, Dublin; d. 1992, Madrid
Francis Bacon was born October 28, 1909, in Dublin. At the age of 16, he moved to London and subsequently lived for about two years in Berlin and Paris. Although Bacon never attended art school, he began to draw and work in watercolor about 1926?27. Pablo Picasso?s work decisively influenced his painting until the mid-1940s. Upon his return to London in 1929, he established himself as a furniture designer and interior designer. He began to use oils in the fall of that year and exhibited a few paintings as well as furniture and rugs in his studio. His work was included in a group exhibition in London at the Mayor Gallery in 1933. In 1934, the artist organized his own first solo show at Sunderland House, London, which he called Transition Gallery for the occasion. He participated in a group show at Thomas Agnew and Sons, London, in 1937.



Bacon painted relatively little after his solo show and in the 1930s and early 1940s destroyed many of his works. He began to paint intensively again in 1944. His first major solo show took place at the Hanover Gallery, London, in 1949. From the mid-1940s to the 1950s, Bacon?s work reflected the influence of Surrealism [more]. In the 1950s, Bacon drew on such sources as Velázquez?s ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1968</td></tr>


<tr><td>Height:30</td></tr>

<tr><td>Width:22</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:Francis Bacon Vintage Poster, 1968</td></tr>



<tr><td>Location:New York City, USA</td></tr>
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