Talk with Markus Rath and Ines Rüttinger about Francis Bacon

Francis Bacon’s portrait of his first partner Peter Lacy is somehow simultaneously attractive and repulsive. The monumental portrait dating from 1962 was unknown to the public for a long time. Shortly after it was painted, Italian film director Michelangelo Antonioni acquired the work and it remained in private hands for decades. This is a key work, created at a turning point in Bacon’s oeuvre. 

Dr. Markus Rath and curator Ines Rüttinger discuss these areas of research in the context of Francis Bacon’s 1962 portrait from the Lambrecht-Schadeberg Collection and look at how Bacon works with color and form to achieve a deeper emotional impact.

Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen
Unteres Schloss 1
57072 Siegen

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More on the book Francis Bacon. Portrait, 1962 can be found here.