26+ Lucian Freud Francis Bacon Portrait Background. My work is purely autobiographical. As francis bacon's triptych of his great friend lucian freud emerges after 45 years on the art market, we look back at the story of freud's famous portrait of bacon from the same period, which was stolen in 1988 and has not been seen since.

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Lucian freud, portraits, at the national portrait gallery. Le succès d'un triptyque de francis bacon, adjugé 142,4 millions $ aux enchères à new york, s'explique autant par la qualité de ce «chef d'oeuvre hypnotique» que par son sujet: This great triptych is now the most expensive work of art sold at auction, yet if the buyer is a collector, all is not lost.

Francis bacon was a dominant figure of postwar art, and his canvases remain unmistakable for their contorted emotion and visceral physicality.

And yet, even as he admitted francis bacon's example, he. Freud had known bacon since 1944. And yet, even as he admitted francis bacon's example, he. Francis bacon was a dominant figure of postwar art, and his canvases remain unmistakable for their contorted emotion and visceral physicality.