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Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography on Hardback by Katharina Gunther
Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography on Hardback by Katharina Gunther
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Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography

Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting
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The British painter Francis Bacon (1909–1992) is famed for his idiosyncratic mode of depicting the human figure. Thirty years after his death, his working methods remain underexplored. New research on the Francis Bacon Studio Archive at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, sheds light on the genesis of his works, namely the photographic source material he collected in his studios, on which he consistently based his paintings. The book brings together the artist’s pictorial springboards for the first time, delineating and interpreting recurring patterns and methods in his preparatory work and adoption of photographic material. In addition, it correctly locates ‘chance’ as a driving force in Bacon’s working method and qualifies the significance of photography for the painter. German Photo Book Award 23/24, Gold in the category Text Volume Photo Theory

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Katharina Günther, expert on Modern and Contemporary Art and Photography.
Release date NZ
May 3rd, 2022
Audience
  • Professional & Vocational
Illustrations
1 Tables, black and white; 51 Illustrations, color; 107 Illustrations, black and white
Pages
446
ISBN-13
9783110720624
Product ID
35134724

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