Francis Bacon (1909-1992) possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them Mixing realism & abstraction Bacon delves deep beneath the surfaces of things opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within & struggling with all that is inexplicable Erotic & grotesquely beautiful is the work of this legendary painter whose haunting distorted figures have inspired entire generations of painters who seek to emulate his highly original style