Bacon - Picasso: The Life of Images - Hardcover

Anne Baldassari

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 2080304860 ISBN 13: 9782080304865

Publisher: Flammarion, 2005

Synopsis

Francis Bacon was so inspired by the Picasso exhibit in 1927 at the Paul Rosenberg gallery in Paris that he decided to dedicate himself to painting. From that point onward, he established and maintained a multifaceted relationship with Picasso’s work. The visual, thematic, and philosophical aspects of the virtual dialogue that ensued between the two artists centered around what Bacon called “the brutality of fact” that linked his work to that of Picasso. Bacon–Picasso examines the work of the two artists through their common themes: the crucifixion, the kiss, the scream, and the studio portrait/self-portrait. The juxtaposition of paintings clearly demonstrates the ways in which Bacon appropriated Picasso’s work into his own art. This volume draws from prestigious international collections including the Tate Gallery (London), Musée National Picasso and Musée National d’Art Moderne (Paris), Moderna Museet (Stockholm), and Fondation Beyeler (Basel). The Bacon-Picasso exhibition opens at the Musée National Picasso, Paris (March 1–May 30, 2005). This exhibition catalog is co-published with the Réunion des musées nationaux.

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HardCover. Pub the Date: October 2005 Pages: 237 Publisher: Flammarion et Cie. in Click on the Google the Preview image The above to the read some pages of the this book! Francis Bacon's dedication to the medium of painting was the direct result of his multifaceted relationship with the art of Pablo Picasso. After viewing an exhibition on Picasso in 1927 at the Calerie Paul Rosenberg in Paris. Bacon developed an obsession with Picasso's art that would continually manifest itself in his own oeuvre.This groundeaking study examines Picasso's versatile influence on the work of Bacon through four common themes: the crucifixion. the emace. the the sereum. and the studio self-portrait. The volume's stunning side-by-side presentation of the two artists' compositions which assembles and assesses material from prestigious international collections and from Bacon's previously unpublish...

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Published to accompany an exhibition organized by the Reunion des Musees Nationaux and the Musee Picasso in Paris, this intellectual volume looks at the complex influence of Picasso's work on Francis Bacon, and examines each artist's approach to four themes: the self-portrait, the scream, the kiss, and the crucifixion. Picasso scholar Baldassari wr

About this edition

• Publisher: Flammarion
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 2080304860
• ISBN 13: 9782080304865
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240