Back in the 1950s, Ruskin Spear (1911-1990) was regarded as one of a team of painters who characterised the best of ‘English’ or ‘British’ painting. But this acclaim was not to last. This book mines Spear’s life, work and influences in order to explore what it meant to be a British artist in the 20th century.

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The aim of this website is to provide an ever-expanding fund of information on Francis Bacon’s art and life. As of November 2017, this website now contains reference images and information on all 584 numbered works published in Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, 2016, including the exhibition history of each painting. The paintings can be viewed by decade or freely searched. At the same time as publishing Bacon’s paintings, new content has been added to the following sections: Biography; Talks, Lectures & Symposia; Studio - Reece Mews; and Family, Friends & Sitters. This site has been created and is maintained by The Estate of Francis Bacon, with the assistance of Joe Hage and HENI.

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