"This fine memoir is more insightful than gossipy, and as a subject Bacon is just about unbeatable." -- The New York Times
In June of 1963, when Michael Peppiatt first met Francis Bacon, the former was a college boy at Cambridge, the latter already a famous painter, more than thirty years his senior. And yet, Peppiatt was welcomed into the volatile artist's world; Bacon, considered by many to be "mad, bad, and dangerous to know," proved himself a devoted friend and father figure, even amidst the drinking and gambling.
Though Peppiatt would later write perhaps the...
"This fine memoir is more insightful than gossipy, and as a subject Bacon is just about unbeatable." -- The New York Times
This book, a biography on Francis Bacon, is inspired by the friendship the author had with Bacon and based on records of the conversations that took place since 1963. The book forms the first comprehensive account of the artist's life and his work.
This book, a biography on Francis Bacon, is inspired by the friendship the author had with Bacon and based on records of the conversations that took p...
