{"product_id":"francis-bacon-human-presence-9781855145641","title":"Francis Bacon: Human Presence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book explores Francis Bacon's deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre.  \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists, to large-scale paintings memorialising lost lovers, works from private and public collections showcase Bacon's life story. As well as the artist's self-portraits, sitters include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and lovers Peter Lacy and George Dyer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This is the first publication in over 20 years dedicated to the portraits of Francis Bacon. From his renowned triptychs and paintings of ghostly figures, to tender and psychologically revealing individual portraits, the figurative works displayed in this publication chart the development of a groundbreaking artist, highlighting the influence of his peers and other artists.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Edited and with introductory texts by National Portrait Gallery curator, Rosie Broadley, \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Human Presence\u003c\/i\u003e also features biographies and photographs of Bacon and his circle, bringing lesser-told stories to the fore. A series of short essays from a range of contemporary thinkers and experts on Bacon explore the individuality of the artist through different lenses, providing fresh perspectives on the artist, his portraits and his world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eDetails\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN13: 9781855145641\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNumber of Pages: 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication Date: 23 Jun 2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublication City, Country: London, United Kingdom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDimensions (cm): 29(H)x23(L)1280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWeight (gm): 1280\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRosie Broadley\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Curator, 20th-Century Collections, at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has contributed to publications including \u003ci\u003ePaul McCartney 1964: Eyes of the Storm\u003c\/i\u003e (2023), \u003ci\u003eBP Portrait Award 2018\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003eSuffrage and the Arts: Visual Culture, Politics and Enterprise\u003c\/i\u003e (2018) and \u003ci\u003eLaura Knight Portraits\u003c\/i\u003e (2013). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eRichard Calvocoressi\u003c\/b\u003e is a scholar and art historian. He has served as a curator at the Tate, London, director of the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, and director of the Henry Moore Foundation. He joined Gagosian in 2015. Calvocoressi's \u003ci\u003eGeorg Baselitz\u003c\/i\u003e was published by Thames and Hudson in May 2021. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJames Hall\u003c\/b\u003e is an art critic, historian, lecturer, and broadcaster. He was formerly chief art critic of the \u003ci\u003eSunday Correspondent\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e. He contributes to \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian Saturday Review, The Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, and is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Self-Portrait: A Cultural History\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMartin Harrison\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the foremost scholars of Francis Bacon, and the editor of \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné\u003c\/i\u003e (2016). His first publication on Francis Bacon was \u003ci\u003ePoints of Reference\u003c\/i\u003e (1999), while other publications on the subject include \u003ci\u003eIn Camera: Francis Bacon - Photography, Film and the Practice of Painting\u003c\/i\u003e (2005) and \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon: Incunabula \u003c\/i\u003e(2008). In 2009 he edited \u003ci\u003eFrancis Bacon - New Studies: Centenary Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. He co-curated the Francis Bacon exhibition at the Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf in 2006, and Francis Bacon \/ Henry Moore: Flesh and Bone, at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, in 2013. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eCarol Jacobi\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator of British Art at Tate Britain, and has published and broadcast widely on 19th- and 20th-century British art, most recently 'Picasso's portraits of Isabel Rawsthorne' in the \u003ci\u003eBurlington Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e. She was curator of the major Tate exhibition Van Gogh and Britain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJohn Maybury\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning British filmmaker. In the 1980s, he was a leading light of the British underground film movement, and in 2005 he was listed as one of the 100 most influential gay and lesbian people in Britain. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eSophie Pretorius\u003c\/b\u003e is the archivist of The Estate of Francis Bacon collection. She has written and published numerous essays and articles about Francis Bacon, and has transcribed all his surviving medical records. Gregory Salter is Associate Professor of History of Art at the University of Birmingham, who specialises in British art after 1945, with a focus on histories of gender, sexuality, migrations and the home. He has contributed essays to \u003ci\u003eDerek Boshier: Reinventor \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), \u003ci\u003eLucien Freud: New Perspectives\u003c\/i\u003e (2022), \u003ci\u003ePostwar Modern: New Art in Britain 1945-65\u003c\/i\u003e (2022) \u003ci\u003eDavid Hockney: Moving Focus\u003c\/i\u003e (2021), \u003ci\u003eAll Too Human: Bacon, Freud and a Century of Painting From Life \u003c\/i\u003e(2018) and authored \u003ci\u003eArt and masculinity in post-war Britain: reconstructing home\u003c\/i\u003e (2019). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGeorgia Atienza\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Curator, Photographs (Acquisitions and Collections), at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has contributed to publications including \u003ci\u003eWomen at Work: 1900 to Now, Yevonde: Life and Colour, Love Stories: Art, Passion \u0026amp; Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e (2020), \u003ci\u003eIda Kar: Bohemian Photographer\u003c\/i\u003e (2011) and \u003ci\u003eThe Virginia Woolf Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e (Issue No. 21, January 2006). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eTanya Bentley\u003c\/b\u003e is Curator, Contemporary, at the National Portrait Gallery, London. She has contributed to publications including \u003ci\u003eHerbert Smith Freehills Portrait Award 2024\u003c\/i\u003e (2024), \u003ci\u003eIcons \u0026amp; Identities \u003c\/i\u003e(2021), \u003ci\u003eTacita Dean: Landscape, Portrait, Still Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2018), \u003ci\u003ePolyphonies\u003c\/i\u003e (2017) and \u003ci\u003eGillian Wearing and Claude Cahun: Behind the mask, another mask\u003c\/i\u003e (2017).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eReviews\u003c\/h4\u003e","brand":"Rosie Broadley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48880272212185,"sku":"9781855145641","price":64.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/9530\/8441\/files\/9781855145641_da66fcde-93a4-4fc6-9651-0a31a21f8e8c.jpg?v=1783000273","url":"https:\/\/www.arielbooks.com.au\/products\/francis-bacon-human-presence-9781855145641","provider":"Ariel","version":"1.0","type":"link"}