Sylvester, David

Looking back at Francis Bacon David Sylvester. - New York : Thames & Hudson , c2000 - 272 p. : illus. ; 28 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

David Sylvester provides the definitive account of the career of an artist whose friend and collaborator he was for more than forty years. Drawing on his unparalled personal knowledge of Bacon's inspirations and intentions, he first offers a critical overview of the development of Bacon's work from 1933 to the early 1990's, and then addresses its crucial aspects. Sylvester also reporduces previously unpublished extracts from his celebrated conversations with Bacon in which the artist speaks about himself , modern painters, and the art of the past.

9780500019948


Bacon, Francis (1909-1992)


Art---British
Criticism and interpretation
History of painting

QH31.M45 / H464 2000

759.24 BAC