Francis Bacon in the 1950s
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Review ". . . . This tale of life lived on the edge—with its interwoven strand of steely artistic determination . . . makes for flavorsome reading. Peppiatt portrays his old friend with easy authority."—Julian Bell, New York Review of Books (Julian Bell New York Review of Books) Read more About the Author Formerly editor and publisher of Art International, Michael Peppiatt is an independent art historian and exhibition curator living between London and Paris. His previous books include Alberto Giacometti in Postwar Paris, published by Yale University Press. His 1996 biography of Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma, is considered the definitive account of Bacon's life and work and was chosen as a New York Times Book of the Year. Read more
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Reviews
This is the catalogue for a traveling exhibition (England and the U.S.) focusing on a crucial decade in Bacon's art, when he really revealed himself as a master, transcending the tradition of figurative painting. Many rarely seen works are illustrated (e.g. the portraits of the Sainsburies, one of the artist's first patrons). The book ends with a review of the letters written by Bacon to his first dealer and to his patrons, moving letters where he often asks for money loans, sometimes in a humble and desperate tone that betrays the mundane behind the genius. A valuable addition to the literature on Bacon.
