Connexions: Bacon X Velazquez
Francis Bacon (1909-1992) took his inspiration from the classics of painting. One of the English painter's greatest obsessions was a painting from 1650: Diego Velázquez' portrait of Pope Inn... Read allFrancis Bacon (1909-1992) took his inspiration from the classics of painting. One of the English painter's greatest obsessions was a painting from 1650: Diego Velázquez' portrait of Pope Innocent X. He never saw, or wanted to see, the original, and only knew the painting through ... Read allFrancis Bacon (1909-1992) took his inspiration from the classics of painting. One of the English painter's greatest obsessions was a painting from 1650: Diego Velázquez' portrait of Pope Innocent X. He never saw, or wanted to see, the original, and only knew the painting through the reproductions that he collected over many years. This "enconter" is only of the key ev... Read all