Bacon's Crucifixion
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J.S. Lewinski, Francis Bacon, 1967, National Portrait Gallery
J.S. Lewinski, Francis Bacon, 1967, National Portrait Gallery
Francis Bacon, "Second Version of Triptych 1944", 1988
Francis Bacon, “Second Version of Triptych 1944”, 1988
Francis Bacon, "Self Portrait", 1975
Francis Bacon, “Self Portrait”, 1975,
Carlo Crivelli, Polyptych of Madonna and Child with Saints, 1468
Carlo Crivelli, Polyptych of Madonna and Child with Saints, 1468
Lefevre Gallery, Exhibition Invitation, 1945
Lefevre Gallery, Exhibition Invitation, 1945
Ministry of Health, If You Are Bombed Out, 1939, lithograph, Imperial War Museum
Ministry of Health, If You Are Bombed Out, 1939, lithograph, Imperial War Museum
Figure 1. Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion c.1944, Oil paint on 3 boards, Tate Britain
Devastation, 1941: An East End Street 1941 Graham Sutherland OM 1903-1980 Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05736
September 7th, 1940, Getty Images
September 7th, 1940, Getty Images
Tube Shelter Perspective 1941 Henry Moore OM, CH 1898-1986 Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05709
The Lake c.1930-5 Frances Hodgkins 1869-1947 Presented by the Contemporary Art Society 1940 http://www.tate.org.uk/art/work/N05130
Figure 2. Adolphe William Bouguereau, Orestes Pursued by the Furies, Oil on canvas, 1862
John Deacon, "Francis Bacon", 1952, Vouge
John Deacon, “Francis Bacon”, 1952, Vouge
Operations: A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe’s evening raids of 7 September 1940. Copy negative of part of an aerial photograph taken from a German aircraft at 1848 hrs German time.
Digital reconstruction of Taddeo Gaddi’s triptych. Left to right: “Annunciation and Nativity,” “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Ten Saints: Maestà,” “Crucifixion” , courtesy the New-York Historical Society
Digital reconstruction of Taddeo Gaddi’s triptych. Left to right: “Annunciation and Nativity,” “Madonna and Child Enthroned with Ten Saints: Maestà,” “Crucifixion” , courtesy the New-York Historical Society
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