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Francis Bacon was a British artist who was highly praised by the public and proclaimed the
greatest artist of the 20th century. Though some have criticized him for his vague and harsh
imagery, a lot more people have praised his work for its meaning, passion, and his abilities to
materialize the good and bad on certain issues by using half–abstract figures and triptychs as his
preference. In comparing and contrasting an early piece of his art work such as "Three Studies
for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion", which was compelling and showed an originality that
earned him wide creditability, to a late piece called "Study for the Head of George Dyer", one can
see the evolution of Mr. Bacon as an artist and most importantly as a person...show more content...
While using a thick paint brush for the background and the abstract composition in the painting, he
also took time to emphasize the different characteristics in the faces of the abstract composition.
By taking advantage of the triptych format, he made the face of the composition tilted in different
directions which made it seem like the person was fearful or disturbed by other items in the piece.
Also, the orange in the background blends in well with the other colors in the painting and helps
the figures, shapes, and the facial expression in the piece standout better in representation.
Texture was another technique that was used heavily by Mr. Bacon to visually convey several
elements in this piece, such as the sphere and round shaped objects, the dark brush stroke used to
represent the shadow under the face, and the heavily applied white brush stroke representing
normal facial features on a composition. Also, in distorting the face in the piece, Mr. Bacon
captured the mood and the message that he intended for the audience to feel as they viewed his
work of art. Mr. Bacon's technique was the reason he was such a great artist, he used the technique
of free hand to distort the composition and was still able to draw the different facial characteristics
and expressions. In viewing this painting deeply, the setting that Mr. Bacon creates a feeling of
abandonees because the use of dark colors in background. Also only see one
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Essay On The Great Francis Bacon

  • 1. Essay on The Great Francis Bacon Francis Bacon was a British artist who was highly praised by the public and proclaimed the greatest artist of the 20th century. Though some have criticized him for his vague and harsh imagery, a lot more people have praised his work for its meaning, passion, and his abilities to materialize the good and bad on certain issues by using half–abstract figures and triptychs as his preference. In comparing and contrasting an early piece of his art work such as "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion", which was compelling and showed an originality that earned him wide creditability, to a late piece called "Study for the Head of George Dyer", one can see the evolution of Mr. Bacon as an artist and most importantly as a person...show more content... While using a thick paint brush for the background and the abstract composition in the painting, he also took time to emphasize the different characteristics in the faces of the abstract composition. By taking advantage of the triptych format, he made the face of the composition tilted in different directions which made it seem like the person was fearful or disturbed by other items in the piece. Also, the orange in the background blends in well with the other colors in the painting and helps the figures, shapes, and the facial expression in the piece standout better in representation. Texture was another technique that was used heavily by Mr. Bacon to visually convey several elements in this piece, such as the sphere and round shaped objects, the dark brush stroke used to represent the shadow under the face, and the heavily applied white brush stroke representing normal facial features on a composition. Also, in distorting the face in the piece, Mr. Bacon captured the mood and the message that he intended for the audience to feel as they viewed his work of art. Mr. Bacon's technique was the reason he was such a great artist, he used the technique of free hand to distort the composition and was still able to draw the different facial characteristics and expressions. In viewing this painting deeply, the setting that Mr. Bacon creates a feeling of abandonees because the use of dark colors in background. Also only see one Get more content on HelpWriting.net