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Ancher was an impressionist who took the ideas of the Skagen Group & integrated them with modern French movements. Her interior paintings are particularly noteworthy. En Begravelse (1891), Children Painting Flowers (1894), Young Mother (1890s) & Vaccination (1899)
Her Blue Room is perhaps her most famous work. Here she blends Impressionism & Danish sensibility to create a masterpiece. Self-portrait (1890), Sunlight in the Blue Room (1891), Sewing (1890) & Evening Session at the Fence (c1890s)
Girl before a Lit Lamp (1887), Girl in the Kitchen (1883-5). Interiors with different light sources were a feature of the Skagen Group. Hammershøi, who is most famous, is conservative compared to Ancher.
She married Michael Ancher in 1880. Going through the Homework (1885), Evening Prayer (1888) & Haircut (1886). These are amongst her more traditional scenes.
She travelled to Paris & studied under Puvis de Chavannes with Marie Triepcke Krøyer who would marry Peder Krøyer, another member of the Skagen Group. Little Girls with Cod (c1880), Kitty Kielland, Paris, Blind Ane (1882) & Interior (1885-90)
1923 saw the publication of his illustrations for Tales of Mystery & Imagination by Poe. This made his name & demonstrated his ability to stand comparison with Beardsley. The images are brilliant, unsettling & magnificent
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.