BiographyFrancis Bacon was an Irish-born British figurative painter renowned for his visceral, psychologically intense portrayals of the human form, often depicting isolated figures in claustrophobic spaces. His signature style—distorted, screaming faces and flesh rendered with gestural urgency—drew from Velázquez, Picasso, and Eadweard Muybridge's motion photographs. He is considered one of the most significant and original artists of the 20th century.
