What is Francis Bacon (artist)?
{{Infobox artist | name = Francis Bacon | image = Bacon by Gray 257.jpg | caption = Francis Bacon by Reginald Gray | birth_name = Francis Bacon | birth_date = 28 October 1909 | birth_place = [[Dublin]], Ireland | death_date = 28 April {{death year and age|1992|1909}} | death_place = [[Madrid]], Spain | nationality = [[Ireland|Irish]]-[[United Kingdom|British]] | field = [[Painting]] | training = | movement = | works = ''Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion'' | patrons = | awards = }} '''Francis Bacon''' (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British painter. He was famous for his disturbing paintings of crucifixions, popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends. He was one of the most recognized British painters of the 20th century. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bacon (artist), Francis}} [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1992 deaths]] [[Category:British painters]] [[Category:People from Dublin]]