INTERVIEWS WITH FRANCIS BACON by David Sylvester

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INTERVIEWS WITH FRANCIS BACON by David SylvesterThe extraordinarily revealing interviews with Francis Bacon conducted over a period of 25 years by the distinguished art critic David Sylvester amount to a unique statement by Bacon on his art and on art in general. In the book, a classic of its kind, Bacon considers the problems of realism and sheds new light on aspects of his life. With a rare and brilliant use of language, Bacon talks about his aims as a painter and ways in which he works,

thirty years of inspired artistic endeavour had accumulated unchecked: the slashed

featuring insights from his friend Bono to the celebrated novelist Colm Toibín

many hundreds of charming

which hung in the rooms of her home

written in our hearts features work from:

Behind the gates of Temple Alice

Hugh Lane Gallery has a fine collection of her work

signed copy from Barbara Dawson

these funny socks for inventors

Purser was an active collector of other artist’s work

Nearly 700 drawings

An Ode to Vanishing Beauty It is estimated that