Witness History
Witness History
Francis Bacon in the archives
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February 9, 2021
9 minutes
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Francis Bacon painted distorted and disturbing images but his works are now widely considered one of the great achievements of post-war British art. Vincent Dowd has been trawling through the BBC archives listening to Bacon talking about his work, and gaining an insight into his Bohemian, hard-drinking ways.
Photo: Francis Bacon in London in 1970. Credit: Press Association