The Telegraph reports that paintings, about to go on show at the Tate, represent the late Francis Bacon as he is rarely seen - as a man with an eye for the ladies, artistically at least. Kathryn Hughes introduces the colourful cast of women who would crop up in his work and chaotic life. Francis Bacon, generally regarded as the greatest British artist of the 20th century, has always been famous for the men in his life. His off-duty hours were an extravagant mix of young men and excessive drink, played out in the decadent Soho of the 1950s where gangsters and politicians met on equal terms. Bacon's paintings too featured image after image of the male body, contorted into poses that manage to be nightmarish yet oddly sexual at the same time. Yet what emerges from the scores of paintings assembled for next month's Bacon art retrospective at Tate Britain is that the artist was equally engaged with women. In the course of his surprisingly long life - nearly everyone he drank with was dead at 60, while Bacon went on to live until he was 82 - he attracted both young girls and middle-aged women into his chaotic life as caretakers, models, muses and, just occasionally, lovers. Indeed, while the men came and went with dizzying speed, Bacon's women could endure for decades. (For full source and full article click the Headline).
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Bacon's Women At Tate
The Telegraph reports that paintings, about to go on show at the Tate, represent the late Francis Bacon as he is rarely seen - as a man with an eye for the ladies, artistically at least. Kathryn Hughes introduces the colourful cast of women who would crop up in his work and chaotic life. Francis Bacon, generally regarded as the greatest British artist of the 20th century, has always been famous for the men in his life. His off-duty hours were an extravagant mix of young men and excessive drink, played out in the decadent Soho of the 1950s where gangsters and politicians met on equal terms. Bacon's paintings too featured image after image of the male body, contorted into poses that manage to be nightmarish yet oddly sexual at the same time. Yet what emerges from the scores of paintings assembled for next month's Bacon art retrospective at Tate Britain is that the artist was equally engaged with women. In the course of his surprisingly long life - nearly everyone he drank with was dead at 60, while Bacon went on to live until he was 82 - he attracted both young girls and middle-aged women into his chaotic life as caretakers, models, muses and, just occasionally, lovers. Indeed, while the men came and went with dizzying speed, Bacon's women could endure for decades. (For full source and full article click the Headline).
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