In 1954, Francis Bacon spent a long time at the Imperial Hotel in Henley-on-Thames (Oxfordshire, England). While staying in the hotel, Bacon painted the Man in Blue series, consisting of seven deep-blue canvases. A guest who Bacon met at the hotel - an anonymous eccentric who for some unknown reason spent every evening drinking at the hotel bar - was used as model. In a subtle way, Bacon created an room in which the man in Man in Blue 1 seems to be seated behind a table. The curtains have something of a trellis about them. It turns the room into a cage and the man into a prisoner. The face of the man appears to be erased. In his portraits, Bacon was not concerned with an accurate representation of the exterior.
Specifications
| Title | Man in blue I |
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| Material and technique | Oil on canvas |
| Object type |
Painting
> Painting
> Two-dimensional object
> Art object
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| Location | This object is in storage |
| Dimensions |
Width 137 cm Height 198 cm |
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| Artists |
Schilder:
Francis Bacon
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| Accession number | 2700 (MK) |
| Credits | Aankoop / Purchase: 1965 |
| Department | Modern Art |
| Acquisition date | 1965 |
| Age artist | About 45 years old |
| Internal exhibitions |
De collectie als tijdmachine (2017) |
| External exhibitions |
Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance (2016) |
| Material | |
| Object | |
| Geographical origin | England > Great Britian > United Kingdom > Northern Europe > Europe |
| Place of manufacture | Henley-on-Thames > Oxon > England > Great Britian > United Kingdom > Northern Europe > Europe |
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All about the artist
Francis Bacon
Dublin 1909 - Madrid 1992
Francis Bacon began his career as designer of furniture and carpets. In the 1930s, he started exhibiting his free work in various galleries in London, but later...
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