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More copies of this ISBNThis title in other editionsFrancis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigmaby Michael Peppiatt
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Francis Bacon was one of the most powerful and enigmatic creative geniuses of the twentieth century. Immediately recognizable, his paintings continue to challenge interpretations and provoke controversy. Bacon was also an extraordinary personality. Generous but cruel, forthright yet manipulative, ebullient but in despair: He was the sum of his contradictions. This life, lived at extremes, was filled with achievement and triumph, misfortune and personal tragedy.
In his revised and updated edition of an already brilliant biography, Michael Peppiatt has drawn on fresh material that has become available in the sixteen years since the artist's death. Most important, he includes confidential material given to him by Bacon but omitted from the first edition. Francis Bacon derives from the hundreds of occasions Bacon and Peppiatt sat conversing, often late into the night, over many years, and particularly when Bacon was working in Paris. We are also given insight into Bacon's intimate relationships, his artistic convictions and views on life, as well as his often acerbic comments on his contemporaries. Book News Annotation:Not the Jacobin English philosopher Bacon, but the modern British painter Bacon (1909-92) is international literature and art critic Peppiatt's biographee. The first edition appeared shortly after the artist's death, but it leaned heavily on interviews and conversations with Bacon himself because not much other information was yet available, especially about the less public, and perhaps less savory, aspects of his life. So a dozen years later, Pappiatt offers a revised account, coinciding with a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Synopsis:An outstanding and authoritative biography of one of Britain's greatest masters.
About the AuthorMichael Peppiatt is the literary editor of Le Monde and arts correspondent for The New York Times and The Financial Times. In 1985, he became editor and publisher of Art International magazine. He divides his time between Paris and London.
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