Van Gogh seen by Bacon.
South Acts| N° d'inventaire | 22982 |
| Format | 23 x 29 |
| Détails | 100 p., bound. |
| Publication | Paris, 2002 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782742738403 |
In 1957, the Hanover Gallery in London held an exhibition of Francis Bacon and his new series of paintings on the theme of Van Gogh Walking on the Road to Tarascon, near Arles. This series, now dispersed among public and private collections, had not been reunited since 1957. Francis Bacon took as his starting point the self-portrait of Van Gogh Walking on the Road to Tarascon, a canvas that was destroyed in 1945. Francis Bacon knew only a color photographic reproduction of this canvas. The result was a series of paintings that explore the drama of Vincent van Gogh as a prototype of the modern artist, unique in the history of 20th-century art. Francis Bacon completed the series in 1985 with a canvas commissioned by Yolande Clergue for the opening of the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh-Arles in 1988. This would be the last painting in the Van Gogh series. This exhibition is a unique event that will allow us to contemplate this series for the first time in fifty years.
In 1957, the Hanover Gallery in London held an exhibition of Francis Bacon and his new series of paintings on the theme of Van Gogh Walking on the Road to Tarascon, near Arles. This series, now dispersed among public and private collections, had not been reunited since 1957. Francis Bacon took as his starting point the self-portrait of Van Gogh Walking on the Road to Tarascon, a canvas that was destroyed in 1945. Francis Bacon knew only a color photographic reproduction of this canvas. The result was a series of paintings that explore the drama of Vincent van Gogh as a prototype of the modern artist, unique in the history of 20th-century art. Francis Bacon completed the series in 1985 with a canvas commissioned by Yolande Clergue for the opening of the Fondation Vincent Van Gogh-Arles in 1988. This would be the last painting in the Van Gogh series. This exhibition is a unique event that will allow us to contemplate this series for the first time in fifty years.