Bacon -- The Complete Collection of World Famous Painters

Author: Huang Shuping et al.
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Features: Francis Bacon (1561-1626) – A renowned British materialist philosopher and scientist. He was revered as a pivotal figure in the history of philosophy and science during the Renaissance. Marx called him the "true founder of British materialism and the entire modern experimental science." The man who proposed the idea that "knowledge is power." Bacon was also a modern British painter, a representative figure who significantly reformed 20th-century painting. Observing his paintings is like gazing directly at the primal essence of "humanity," both real and alien. The painter stripped away the elegance of the civilized world, exposing the desires, fears, anxieties, savagery, and absurdity inherent in human nature, and colliding with, entangling the deep-seated unease in people's unwillingness to confront their inner selves. Thus: screaming jaws, grotesque faces, twisted limbs, overlapping images, or reflections through mirrors—all became the narrative of Bacon's paintings. Bacon only took up painting at the age of 35 and had no formal art education or training. Over the following 40 years of his painting career, he was influenced by Picasso, admired Velázquez, and imitated masters like Van Gogh. Yet, he ultimately developed a unique, extreme, and highly personal painting style.