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Figure with Meat is part of a now-famous series he devoted to Diego Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X (c. 1650; Galleria Doria-Pamphilj, Rome). Here he transformed the Spanish Baroque artist’s iconic portrayal of papal authority into a nightmarish image, in which the blurred figure of the pope, seen as if through a veil, seems ...
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Robert Melville, reviewing the 1964 Alley/Rothenstein catalogue raisonné in Studio International, July 1964, observed that Study from Innocent X, 1962 (62-2), despite having been painted only two years previously, had already been given three different (if unofficial) titles – Red Pope, Red Pope on Dais, and Red Figure on a Throne. Melville ...
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X is a 1953 painting by the artist Francis Bacon. The work shows a distorted version of the Portrait of Innocent X painted by Spanish artist Diego Velázquez in 1650.
16 gru 2020 · Bacon’s Study After Velazquez’s Portrait of Innocent X shatters this image with the depiction of the screaming Pope. His papal portrait presents a critical perspective of traditional papal portraits, as well as a broader critique of Christianity.
7 maj 2019 · The archetype Bacon appropriated as a starting point for his Pope series was Diego Velázquez’s extraordinary Portrait of Pope Innocent X from 1650, held in the Galleria Doria Pamphilj, Rome, a painting about which Bacon felt:
31 sty 2024 · In the art world, Francis Bacon’s Study after Velázquez’s Portrait of Pope Innocent X” is known for its deep effect on emotions and its bold challenge to traditional views. Created in 1953, this artwork brings a new way of thinking about Diego Velázquez’s well-known 1650 portrait of Pope Innocent X. Bacon, a leader in post-war modern ...
“Study for the Portrait of Pope Innocent X,” created by Francis Bacon in 1965, is an evocative piece of art situated within the Expressionism movement. Serving as a sketch and study, the artwork delves into the subject matter with striking intensity and abstraction, characteristic of Bacon’s style.
