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Francis Bacon

British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was a figurative painter renowned for his provocative and dark distortions of reality.

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A pensive Francis Bacon, sits among a dizzying array of paints, brushes, photographs and canvases in a 1974 photograph taken in his London studio

Spanish police recover stolen Francis Bacon painting

The work, worth €5 million, was one of five stolen from a Madrid apartment in 2015. Three of the paintings were recovere
CrimeMay 23, 2024
Leonardo da Vinci's 'Salvator

Most expensive artworks sold at auction

Da Vinci holds the record for the most expensive work of art to be auctioned. Monet has also joined the list.
CultureJanuary 30, 202114 images
DW Euromaxx - Bacon Ballett

Francis Bacon inspires ballet

Dutch choreographer Nanine Linning and her ensemble try to evoke the figures in Bacon paintings.
LifestyleApril 20, 2017
Deutschland Stuttgart - Francis Bacon Ausstellung

Painter of pain

Francis Bacon's monstrous, pain-ridden figures are now showcasing in Stuttgart.
CultureNovember 29, 2016
01.2012 DW Arts.21

Arts.21 - The Cultural Magazine | 26.11.2016

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CultureNovember 28, 2016
Francis Bacon self-portraits

Francis Bacon artwork thieves nabbed

Seven people have been detained in connection with the theft of five paintings by the Irish-born painter.
May 28, 2016
Artist Gerhard Richter. Copyright Federico Gambarini/dpa

Richter sets new record

German artist Gerhard Richter smashes his previous auction price.
February 11, 2015
"Black Fire I", Барнетт Ньюман

The 10 most expensive artworks of 2014

Blockbuster art in 2014
December 18, 20149 images
Alberto Giacometti Walking Man I' or 'L'Homme qui marche I

Art prices soar

What's a few million here or there? DW looks at the world's most expensive artists.
December 11, 20139 images
Artist Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' (photo via reuters)

Record price for Bacon artwork

A painting by British artist Francis Bacon has become the most expensive work of art ever sold at auction. It fetched a record $142.4 million (106.2 million euros) at Christie's in New York.
November 13, 2013
Gerhard Richter painting "Kerze"

Art investment

Prettier than gold, art is a creative, safe haven that is attracting a growing number of investors.
October 16, 2011