Michael Peppiatt, a major art critic and close friend of Francis Bacon's, offers an entertaining and uniquely well-informed portrait of this complex artist.
This revised and updated edition of Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait reveals Francis Bacon’s elusive and enigmatic creative genius. The essays and interviews brought together here span more than half a century. In addition to three interviews, there are also essays for exhibitions, memoirs and reflections on Bacon’s late work, some published here for the first time. Included are recorded conversations with Bacon in Paris, and an overall account of the artist’s sources, techniques and extraordinary London studio.