Dr Robert Bohanさんのイラストまとめ

Recently, with greater interest in diversity he has been identified as a gay artist & that some of his models were probably his partners too. Athletes (1912), Navy Ball (1912), Weightlifter (1912) & Pushing Weights (1914). His work would later echo in that of Cadmus & Hockney

He lived with his mother & brother all his life, in a flat overlooking much of the city. His night views from 1890s-1904 were usually painted from this vantage. Soluppgang over Staden (1890), The Ring (1896), Sunrise (1890) & Karlbergsvägen (1890)

There is a certain lack of confidence in his 1900 Self-portrait & we know he lived life almost as a recluse - he had hearing problems which isolated him too. Self-portrait (1900), Hornsgatan (1902 & 1902) & Dancing Marines (1890)

His self-portrait is a homage to his blue city scenes of Stockholm. Self-portrait (1901), Tor Hedberg (c1912) & Ernest Thiel (1902). His image of Thiel is startling for its chromatic saturation

Born in Stockholm, into a family who valued education, he was struck down at 14y with Scarlet Fever which damaged his health for life. He studied art before going to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in 1881. Boys on the Beach (1884) Portraits (1880) & Sunny Day (1880)

Bacon’s genius was to evolve his vision whilst continuing to integrate past work. Jet of Water (1988), Seated Figure (1989), Jacques Dupin (1990) & Second Version of Triptych 1944 (1988)

Later works have more upbeat colouring & transcendental visions. Study for a Portrait with Bird in Flight (1980), Triptych Panel (1982), Study for Self-Portrait (1982) & Triptych (1983)

He moved to the Marlborough Gallery in 1958. Pope with Owls (1958), Two Figures in a Room (1959), Head of a Man (1960) & Head of a Woman (1960). He continued his pope series with their discourse on religion as well as powerful portraits.

Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953), Two Figures (1953), Figure with Meat (1954) & Study of a Figure (1954). Bacon presented humanity as decaying meat - a truly nihilistic perception of life.

He was a denizen of the Colony Room, run by the redoubtable Muriel Belcher. Other regulars included Freud, Auerbach & the photographer John Deakin. Bacon worked in series of images & triptych forms. His was a dark vision of humanity