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Francis Bacon : revelations, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
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- Summary
- Francis Bacon flung open the twentieth-century closet. By day he exposed the secrets of a dark century, and by night he swashbuckled through Soho, never concealing his homosexuality. Francis Bacon: Revelations, a decade in the making, is the first biography of this seminal artist to appear in twenty-five years. Based on hundreds of interviews and extensive new material from Ireland, Tangier, Spain, England, and France, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan have written a startlingly original portrait--rich, complex, and subtle--of a commanding modern figure. Bacon concealed many im portant aspects of his life. He described himself as an asthmatic child in Ireland, with foxhunting parents and a tyrannical father, but he was also rescued by a series of formidable women, beginning with a practical nanny and an eccentric grandmother: the women in this biography emerge as important characters in their own right. He was never just a dissolute young man, but was also a passionate reader who--largely self-taught--developed an abiding fascination with Nietzsche and Aeschylus. Early on, influenced by the work of Eileen Gray, he became a hard-working and ambitious designer, a brief career explored here in detail for the first time. He dreamed of remaking the modern room. Bacon worked no less hard and ambitiously as a painter--at first with little success. Throughout the 1930s and early '40s he suffered ongoing failures, growing isolated and often ill: his health issues throughout his life were far more significant than he revealed. Then came his astonishing breakthrough in 1944, with Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. In the following decades, he emerged as one of the great iconoclasts and bon vinvants of his time, a Wildean figure whom one friend called "a terrific grandee." Bacon was typically celebrated as a sexual adventurer who like rough trade, but he never stopped longing for a serious committed relationshiop--however painful. He continued to make disturbing images of the strangeness within, but developed into a more varied artist than has been recognized, creating in particular an extraordinary series of self-portraits. He was an artist who believed in chance and paradox: the iconoclast eventually became an icon. This is a story, deeply researched and masterfully told, of a sickly boy who became one of the great figures of his time. The twentieth century does not know itself without Bacon. --
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 861 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso
- Contents
-
- Gallant men
- Stage sets
- Starting over
- Early success
- Early failure
- Breakdowns
- Wilderness
- Good boys and bad
- Sewer boots
- Iconoclast.
- Prologue:
- "I began"
- The road south
- Mr. Hyde
- Soho nights
- Brothers and lovers
- Wilde man
- Follies
- Homeless
- Love and power
- The violence of grass
- The dark century
- Shades of blue
- Tangier
- Limbo
- Bets
- The fig tree
- "Such ardour"
- Settling in
- Younger crowds
- Ancient rhymes
- Hommage à Bacon
- "I".
- "Icon".
- A toast to death
- An Englishman abroad
- Echoes
- Spectacle
- Friends and rivals
- Love and money
- Performance artist
- The last picture show
- Fresh faces
- Boy at the window
- Suddenly!
- Curtain calls
- Borrowed time
- An errand
- Weakling
- Arousal
- The queerness of cities
- Marvelous women
- Isbn
- 9780307271624
- Label
- Francis Bacon : revelations
- Title
- Francis Bacon
- Title remainder
- revelations
- Statement of responsibility
- Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Francis Bacon flung open the twentieth-century closet. By day he exposed the secrets of a dark century, and by night he swashbuckled through Soho, never concealing his homosexuality. Francis Bacon: Revelations, a decade in the making, is the first biography of this seminal artist to appear in twenty-five years. Based on hundreds of interviews and extensive new material from Ireland, Tangier, Spain, England, and France, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan have written a startlingly original portrait--rich, complex, and subtle--of a commanding modern figure. Bacon concealed many im portant aspects of his life. He described himself as an asthmatic child in Ireland, with foxhunting parents and a tyrannical father, but he was also rescued by a series of formidable women, beginning with a practical nanny and an eccentric grandmother: the women in this biography emerge as important characters in their own right. He was never just a dissolute young man, but was also a passionate reader who--largely self-taught--developed an abiding fascination with Nietzsche and Aeschylus. Early on, influenced by the work of Eileen Gray, he became a hard-working and ambitious designer, a brief career explored here in detail for the first time. He dreamed of remaking the modern room. Bacon worked no less hard and ambitiously as a painter--at first with little success. Throughout the 1930s and early '40s he suffered ongoing failures, growing isolated and often ill: his health issues throughout his life were far more significant than he revealed. Then came his astonishing breakthrough in 1944, with Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion. In the following decades, he emerged as one of the great iconoclasts and bon vinvants of his time, a Wildean figure whom one friend called "a terrific grandee." Bacon was typically celebrated as a sexual adventurer who like rough trade, but he never stopped longing for a serious committed relationshiop--however painful. He continued to make disturbing images of the strangeness within, but developed into a more varied artist than has been recognized, creating in particular an extraordinary series of self-portraits. He was an artist who believed in chance and paradox: the iconoclast eventually became an icon. This is a story, deeply researched and masterfully told, of a sickly boy who became one of the great figures of his time. The twentieth century does not know itself without Bacon. --
- Assigning source
- From dust jacket
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1951-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Stevens, Mark
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Swan, Annalyn
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Bacon, Francis
- Bacon, Francis
- Painters
- Peintres
- ART
- ART
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Painters
- Great Britain
- Label
- Francis Bacon : revelations, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Gallant men
- Stage sets
- Starting over
- Early success
- Early failure
- Breakdowns
- Wilderness
- Good boys and bad
- Sewer boots
- Iconoclast.
- Prologue:
- "I began"
- The road south
- Mr. Hyde
- Soho nights
- Brothers and lovers
- Wilde man
- Follies
- Homeless
- Love and power
- The violence of grass
- The dark century
- Shades of blue
- Tangier
- Limbo
- Bets
- The fig tree
- "Such ardour"
- Settling in
- Younger crowds
- Ancient rhymes
- Hommage à Bacon
- "I".
- "Icon".
- A toast to death
- An Englishman abroad
- Echoes
- Spectacle
- Friends and rivals
- Love and money
- Performance artist
- The last picture show
- Fresh faces
- Boy at the window
- Suddenly!
- Curtain calls
- Borrowed time
- An errand
- Weakling
- Arousal
- The queerness of cities
- Marvelous women
- Control code
- 1137206040
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 861 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307271624
- Lccn
- 2020000325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137206040
- Label
- Francis Bacon : revelations, Mark Stevens and Annalyn Swan
- Note
- "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Gallant men
- Stage sets
- Starting over
- Early success
- Early failure
- Breakdowns
- Wilderness
- Good boys and bad
- Sewer boots
- Iconoclast.
- Prologue:
- "I began"
- The road south
- Mr. Hyde
- Soho nights
- Brothers and lovers
- Wilde man
- Follies
- Homeless
- Love and power
- The violence of grass
- The dark century
- Shades of blue
- Tangier
- Limbo
- Bets
- The fig tree
- "Such ardour"
- Settling in
- Younger crowds
- Ancient rhymes
- Hommage à Bacon
- "I".
- "Icon".
- A toast to death
- An Englishman abroad
- Echoes
- Spectacle
- Friends and rivals
- Love and money
- Performance artist
- The last picture show
- Fresh faces
- Boy at the window
- Suddenly!
- Curtain calls
- Borrowed time
- An errand
- Weakling
- Arousal
- The queerness of cities
- Marvelous women
- Control code
- 1137206040
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 861 pages, 22 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780307271624
- Lccn
- 2020000325
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- WorldCat record variable field(s) change: 505
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- Specific material designation
- regular print
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1137206040
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