Скачать или смотреть The artist behind the most satanically influential paintings of the 20th century? | Francis Bacon

Today’s video is on Francis Bacon, one of the greatest painters of the twentieth century, who remained devoted to figuration and portraiture throughout his career. In his art, modernity and tradition assemble. His canvases squirm with fleshy, screaming, contorted figures, from popes and famed art-historical subjects to friends and ill-fated lovers. His searing work embodies a host of post-war cultural anxieties, as well as Bacon’s personal demons and obsessions.

So how did Bacon create such satanically influential paintings of the 20th century?

Watch the video to find out more!

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