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Fan account of Francis Bacon, an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, emotionally charged imagery (1909-1992). #artbot by @andreitr.bsky.social and @botfrens.bsky.social

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Study for Bullfight No.1

Study for Bullfight No.1

Study for Bullfight No.1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-bullfight-no-1-1969

04.03.2026 12:01 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for portrait of Henrietta Moraes on a red ground

Study for portrait of Henrietta Moraes on a red ground

Study for portrait of Henrietta Moraes on a red ground https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-portrait-of-henrietta-moraes-on-a-red-ground-1964

04.03.2026 10:06 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Study of a Figure in a Landscape

Study of a Figure in a Landscape

Study of a Figure in a Landscape https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-of-a-figure-in-a-landscape-1952

03.03.2026 19:10 — 👍 8    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three Studies of Henrietta Moraes

Three Studies of Henrietta Moraes

Three Studies of Henrietta Moraes https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/three-studies-of-henrietta-moraes-1969

03.03.2026 14:40 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Man Kneeling in Grass

Man Kneeling in Grass

Man Kneeling in Grass https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/man-kneeling-in-grass-1952

03.03.2026 08:13 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Head VI

Head VI

Head VI https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/head-vi-1949

02.03.2026 17:48 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 1    📌 1
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Figure in Grey Interior http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-figure-in-grey-interior-t07366

02.03.2026 12:21 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach

Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach

Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/double-portrait-of-lucian-freud-and-frank-auerbach-1964

02.03.2026 08:10 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Seated Woman http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-seated-woman-t07386

01.03.2026 19:16 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
William Blake

William Blake

William Blake https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/william-blake-1955

01.03.2026 12:28 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Figure with Left Arm Raised, No. 2 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-figure-with-left-arm-raised-no-2-t07362

01.03.2026 10:21 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anonymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Bending Figure, No. 2 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-bending-figure-no-2-t07379

28.02.2026 18:47 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for a Portrait of John Edwards

Study for a Portrait of John Edwards

Study for a Portrait of John Edwards https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-a-portrait-of-john-edwards-1988

28.02.2026 14:29 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne

Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne

Study for Head of Isabel Rawsthorne https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-head-of-isabel-rawsthorne-1967

28.02.2026 10:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for Portrait of P.L. No.1

Study for Portrait of P.L. No.1

Study for Portrait of P.L. No.1 https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-portrait-of-p-l-no-1-1957

27.02.2026 17:27 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee

Chimpanzee https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/chimpanzee-1955

27.02.2026 14:24 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anoymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Purchased with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund, the Art Fund and a group of anoymous donors in memory of Mario Tazzoli 1998

Turning Figure http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-turning-figure-t07352

27.02.2026 11:39 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for a Pope IV

Study for a Pope IV

Study for a Pope IV https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-a-pope-iv-1961

26.02.2026 17:49 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Tassels

Tassels

Tassels https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/tassels-1961

26.02.2026 14:00 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Triptych - Studies from the Human Body

Triptych - Studies from the Human Body

Triptych - Studies from the Human Body https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/triptych-studies-from-the-human-body-1970-0

26.02.2026 09:56 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Man in a Chair

Man in a Chair

Man in a Chair https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/man-in-a-chair-1952

25.02.2026 19:19 — 👍 7    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Two Studies for Self-Portrait

Two Studies for Self-Portrait

Two Studies for Self-Portrait https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/two-studies-for-self-portrait-1972

25.02.2026 15:07 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for Portrait III

Study for Portrait III

Study for Portrait III https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-portrait-iii-1953

25.02.2026 10:41 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The human figure was Francis Bacon's principal object of study throughout his career. This picture belongs to a series of eight paintings, which began as a portrait of Bacon's friend and biographer David Sylvester but became, in the final project, studies of a seated pope. Inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's sequential photos of the human body in movement, Bacon made his figures more and more agititated until, in the final painting, the pope is convulsive. Here his ambiguous facial expression rests somewhere between the grimace of Portrait V and the horrific scream of Portrait VII. This painting is one of the first Francis Bacon paintings acquired by an American museum.

The human figure was Francis Bacon's principal object of study throughout his career. This picture belongs to a series of eight paintings, which began as a portrait of Bacon's friend and biographer David Sylvester but became, in the final project, studies of a seated pope. Inspired by Eadweard Muybridge's sequential photos of the human body in movement, Bacon made his figures more and more agititated until, in the final painting, the pope is convulsive. Here his ambiguous facial expression rests somewhere between the grimace of Portrait V and the horrific scream of Portrait VII. This painting is one of the first Francis Bacon paintings acquired by an American museum.

Study for Portrait VI https://collections.artsmia.org/art/1355/

24.02.2026 17:06 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Self-Portrait I

Self-Portrait I

Self-Portrait I https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/self-portrait-i-1972

24.02.2026 13:14 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
Female Nude Standing in Doorway

Female Nude Standing in Doorway

Female Nude Standing in Doorway https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/female-nude-standing-in-doorway-1972

24.02.2026 09:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Purchased 1979

Purchased 1979

Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake) http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/bacon-study-for-portrait-ii-after-the-life-mask-of-william-blake-t02414

23.02.2026 17:01 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/three-studies-for-figures-at-the-base-of-a-crucifixion-1944

23.02.2026 14:15 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III

Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III

Study for Portrait of Van Gogh III https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/study-for-portrait-of-van-gogh-iii-1957

23.02.2026 10:19 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Seated Figure (S. 5)

Seated Figure (S. 5)

Seated Figure (S. 5) https://www.wikiart.org/en/francis-bacon/seated-figure-s-5-1983

22.02.2026 19:51 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0