Francis Bacon Invisible Rooms Catalogue

Catalogue raisonné is a landmark publishing event that presents the entire oeuvre of bacon s paintings for the first time and includes many previously unpublished works.
Francis bacon invisible rooms catalogue. Invisible rooms is organized by tate liverpool and staatsgalerie stuttgart. Francis bacon was obsessed with tortured bodies and carcasses his entire life which he sought to capture on canvas in horror images. Invisible rooms will feature approximately 30 paintings alongside a group of rarely seen drawings and documents including some of bacon s most powerful works surveying the variety of bacon s compositions united by this common motif. The staatsgalerie stuttgart pays tribute to one of the most outstanding and controversial artists of the 20 th century with the exhibition francis bacon.
Francis bacon was a figurative painter born in dublin ireland known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Invisible rooms runs from 18 may until 18 september 2016 at tate liverpool and from 7 october 2016 until 8 january 2017 at staatsgalerie stuttgart. Learn something new about a great british painter not to be missed. Invisible rooms looks at some of the artist s most iconic and powerful paintings with a special focus on this reoccurring motif in his paintings.
Tate liverpool 18 may 2016 18 september 2016. The impeccably produced five volume slipcased publication containing each of bacon s 584 paintings has been edited by martin harrison fsa the pre eminent expert on bacon s work alongside research. Catalogue raisonné is a landmark publishing event that presents the entire oeuvre of bacon s paintings for the first time and includes many previously unpublished works. An element introduced by the artist in the 1930s bacon used a barely visible cubic or.
An element introduced by the artist in the 1930s bacon used a barely visible cubic or. Invisible rooms will feature approximately 30 paintings alongside a group of rarely seen drawings and documents including some of bacon s most powerful works surveying the variety of bacon s compositions united by this common motif. Francis bacon 1909 92 is widely regarded as britain s greatest modern painter.