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| + | ==See Also== | ||
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| + | * [[LGBTQ Interior Designers]] | ||
| + | * [[LGBTQ Ireland]] | ||
| + | * [[Prominent Furniture Designers Who Identify as LGBTQ]] | ||
| + | * [[The Great LGBTQ Surrealist and Abstract Artists]] | ||
| + | * [[Notable LGBTQ Essayists]] | ||
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| + | ==Further Reading/Research== | ||
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| + | * http://www.francis-bacon.com/ | ||
| + | * http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/art-news/10445612/Francis-Bacon-triptych-smashes-art-auction-record.html | ||
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Latest revision as of 00:21, 18 June 2021
Country
Ireland
Birth - Death
1909 - 1992
Occupation
Artist
Description
Painter, whose notable subject was the body which was painted in an abstract form. Later in his life, after the death of his partner, his focus shifted to images of death and crucifixion. Interior decorator and furniture designer. Subject of two Tate retrospectives and a major showing in 1971 at the Grand Palais in Paris. A 2013 auction of his painting 'Three Studies of Lucien Freud' sold for a world record price of US$142 million.
See Also
- LGBTQ Interior Designers
- LGBTQ Ireland
- Prominent Furniture Designers Who Identify as LGBTQ
- The Great LGBTQ Surrealist and Abstract Artists
- Notable LGBTQ Essayists
