Francis Bacon (1561–1626), the English philosopher, statesman and jurist, is best known for developing the empiricist method which forms the basis of modern science. Bacon's writings concentrated on ...
The National Portrait Gallery show is also an appreciation of Bacon’s innate understanding of how to make a painting work.
This double portrait was one of the five Bacon artworks stolen in Madrid (Spanish police photo, May 2016) Spanish police say they have recovered three of five paintings by Francis Bacon that were ...