Francis Bacon
1909–1992 · Début de l’art moderne (fauvisme, cubisme, expressionnisme)
Biographie
Francis Bacon did not want to grow old gracefully and led an extravagant lifestyle. An atheist, he lived for the moment, drank to excess and often frequented the pubs and clubs of London’s Soho. He refused the many honours and awards that art organisations wanted to bestow on him, including election to the Royal Academy of Arts and the Order of Merit, regarded as the United Kingdom’s highest honour. The rebellious artist wanted to stay young at heart and declared that he found such awards “extremely ageing”.
Extrait de la page de Étude d’après le portrait du pape Innocent X par Velázquez