Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992) was an Irish-born figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Best known for his depictions of religious subjects and portraits of close friends, his abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages, which give them a vague three-dimensional depth, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bown photographed the painter in his chaotic London studio and home in 1985. She wrote of photographing the artist, "The studio was a complete mess, cobwebs and dirt and paint everywhere, and crammed with paintings. I was rather frightened of him, I think, but what a face!"
Francis Bacon (1909 – 1992) was an Irish-born figurative painter known for his emotionally charged raw imagery and fixation on personal motifs. Best known for his depictions of religious subjects and portraits of close friends, his abstracted figures are typically isolated in geometrical cages, which give them a vague three-dimensional depth, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds. Bown photographed the painter in his chaotic London studio and home in 1985. She wrote of photographing the artist, "The studio was a complete mess, cobwebs and dirt and paint everywhere, and crammed with paintings. I was rather frightened of him, I think, but what a face!"