Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait new in from the back garden to

from the back garden to the local park and the countryside

at which Gonzalès also displayed her own work

Deirdre Madden

featuring iconic works of art through the ages

encyclopedic and mysterious qualities of their source materials and are accompanied by stories made up by a stellar roster of contributors

Francis Bacon: Studies for a Portrait new in from the back garden toFrancis Bacon was one of most elusive and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. However much his avowed aim was to simplify both himself and his art, he remained a deeply complex person. Bacon was keenly aware of this underlying contradiction, and whether talking or painting, strove consciously towards absolute clarity and simplicity, calling himself simply complicated. Until now, this complexity has rarely come across in the large