Francis Bacon

Francis was born in Ireland, he was a figurative painter which displayed emotional imagery in his work. His work is based on emotions, mainly sorrow. He began drawing isolated male heads in rooms, then in the 1950's he moved on to screaming popes. He then began to get more personal with his work and focused on motifs of death. His work became more well known after his death. His work has strange textures and some tone which makes it interesting showing its difference to other artists work.