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The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon
Daniel Farson
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Description for The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon
Paperback. Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. This book gives us an insight into Bacon's genius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the first-ever book to be written about him, Daniel Farson, friend and confidant to Bacon for over forty years, gives a highly personal, first-hand account of the man as he knew him. From his sexual adventures to his rise from obscurity to international fame, Farson gives us unique insight into Bacon's genius.
Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. In this, the first-ever book to be written about him, Daniel Farson, friend and confidant to Bacon for over forty years, gives a highly personal, first-hand account of the man as he knew him. From his sexual adventures to his rise from obscurity to international fame, Farson gives us unique insight into Bacon's genius.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099307815
SKU
9780099307815
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99-1
About Daniel Farson
The son of the legendary American foreign correspondent, Negley Farson, Daniel became the youngest ever Parliamentary and Lobby Correspondent in the House of Commons aged 17. While working as a photographer for Picture Post, he drifted into Soho and at the age of 23 met Francis Bacon. He 'stumbled' into television in the early days of ITV becoming ... Read more
Reviews for The Gilded Gutter Life of Francis Bacon
The most fascinatingly provocative, intimate study of an artist I have ever read
Patrick Skene Catling
Evening Standard
It preserves precisely the aspects of Bacon that will be hardest for scholarly researchers to capture... no-one can convey better than Farson the fun of Bacon's company and the louche adventures of the Soho underworld
Lynn Barber
... Read more
Patrick Skene Catling
Evening Standard
It preserves precisely the aspects of Bacon that will be hardest for scholarly researchers to capture... no-one can convey better than Farson the fun of Bacon's company and the louche adventures of the Soho underworld
Lynn Barber
... Read more