History Of Life And Death - Tapa dura

THIS 30 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Art of Living Long, by Francis Bacon. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 0766102084.

Francis Bacon was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1909. He emerged as one of the leading painters of the 20th century during the 40s and 50s. Bacon expanded the possibilities of figurative art with a bold, expressionistic style at a time when abstraction was the dominant mode. He was also one of the first artists to depict overtly homosexual themes. He stands as a towering figure in 20th-century art, having established a huge influence on younger generations of painters. He died in 1992.