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Study for self-portrait

BACON, Francis

© Estate of Francis Bacon. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
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Francis Bacon was the principal figurative painter in Post-War Britain. His work consists largely of portraits of friends or of himself in interiors. Conditioned by Surrealism, his uncompromising style exploits the expressive potential of portraiture and is comparatively indifferent to its representational values. Here the heavily modelled seated figure seems overwhelmed by its flatly painted surroundings.


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Details

Collection

Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales

Item Number

NMW A 218

Creation/Production

BACON, Francis
Date: 1963

Acquisition

Purchase, 11/12/1978

Measurements

Height (cm): 165.2
Width (cm): 142.6
Height (in): 65
Width (in): 56

Techniques

oil on canvas
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

oil
canvas

Location

Currently on loan

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  • Art And Design Movements
  • Bacon, Francis
  • Blue
  • Fine Art
  • Identity
  • Key Design Elements
  • LGBTQ+
  • Painting
  • People
  • Post 1900
  • Post 1945
  • School Of London
  • Self-Portrait

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