Figure in a landscape

Figure in a landscape

Infobox Painting|
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title= Figure in a landscape
artist= Francis Bacon (painter)|Francis Bacon
year= 1945
type= Oil on canvas
height=
width=
museum= Tate Modern|Tate Modern, London

Figure in a landscape is a 1945 painting by the Irish born artist Francis Bacon.

Background

Based on a photograph of Eric Hall dozing on a seat in Hyde Park, also the basis of another painting held in the Lefevre "Figure in a landscape" (1945) which was bought by Diana Watson and later in 1950 by the Tate gallery (with the support of Graham Sutherland, then a trustee (1948 – 1954).

External links

* [http://www.francis-bacon.cx/figures/figure45.html Francis Bcon Image Gallery]


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