THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo Paris and the seedy milieu

Paris and the seedy milieu of post-war London

often deriding expressive works as nothing more than the untutored efforts of children

the city reveals itself more vividly

Toulouse-Lautrec seems to have been drawn early on to visions of a demimonde

Key works by the artist are to be found in the National Gallery of Ireland and the Ulster Museum in Belfast

THE FRANCIS BACON COLLECTION frida kahlo Paris and the seedy milieuFrom a private collection in Italy, these previously unpublished works by Francis Bacon are presented here in thematic sections, each of which is preceded by a short introductory text. Nearly 700 drawings, pastels, and collages were gifted by Bacon over the course of many years to his close friend, Italian journalist Cristiano Lovatelli Ravarino. His commentary is included here, along with texts by noted art historians Edward Lucie Smith and Fernando