Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (19
Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998) In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, 30 years Bacon's junior, accepts. Bacon finds Dyer's amorality and innocen
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact (1987)
Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact (1987) In his London studio, the British painter discusses his work and approach with David Sylvester, a friend and close observer of his art since the late 1940s. Central to their conversation are Bacon's controversial, horrifying subjects and style. His repr