...about their work. Truthfully, I'm more inspired by the people around me than works of art. That said, when I look at Francis Bacon's terrifying portrait of the screaming Pope Innocent X, or George Tooker's frightened woman in The Subway, I do wonder if I've...
...he was preparing the British premiere of Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1955, Peter Brook suggested that he consider Francis Bacon as set designer. Although Bacon had established an international reputation with his 'screaming pope' paintings, Hall had never...
...be snoozing it off halfway along his long day's journey into night if he had not remained lucid for a few hours a day. Francis Bacon may have frequented the Soho drinking dens by evening. But every morning he was up, working alone in his studio. Certainly...
...He claims that he is only being explicit about a truth that applies to the work of most artists. âThe actual palette of Francis Bacon or Rembrandt is not enormous.â The colours for the mural were slightly less intense because of what was available for the...
... When I first started blogging back in 2000 (we just called it writing in those days), there weren’t very many blogs yet, so it was easier to get visitors and decent traffic by posting quality content on a regular basis. This was back before the time of My...
...it is often still claimed that the modern scientific method was not established until the early 17th Century by Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes. There is no doubt in my mind, however, that Ibn al-Haytham arrived there first. In fact, with his emphasis on...
... personal collection. This was fascinating because he had all the big names. Two Picasso's, Chagall, Renoir, Monet, and even Francis Bacon adorned the walls. I didn't dare take a picture here. The final gallery we toured was a modern art exhibit. There were...
...form of partisanship? Some of Runciman's discussions produce more than enough insights to rivet any student of politics. Francis Bacon, for example, thought "wisdom lies in getting the balance between honesty and deception right, so that a reputation for honesty...
...to celebrate the good news. The solemn tributes paid to Pinter in recent days remind me a little of those paid to Francis Bacon, with many of the same words being used – bleak, enigmatic, disturbing, menacing, etc. In neither case, however, did their admirers...
...exhibitions, many of you were distinctly underwhelmed by several shows that received critical thumbs-ups. The “depressing” Francis Bacon blockbuster at Tate Britain, the “bog hole, sinkhole Warhol at the now wayward Hayward” (Paul Gregorowski's feisty description),...