There’s a teensy issue with this exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits. The 20th-century British artist didn’t really paint portraits. At least, not in any conventional sense. Sure, he depicted ...

Francis Bacon, the Irish-born artist known for figurative and occasionally unsettling portraits, painted subjects ranging from disfigured friends to screaming popes. One of his greatest muses, however ...

A rare portrait by celebrated painter Francis Bacon will go on auction this month at Sotheby's London for the first time in the artwork's history."Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud," painted in 1964, ...

Francis Bacon’s 1964 portrait of fellow British artist Lucian Freud sold for £43.4 million (US$52.8 million) at its debut auction Wednesday at Sotheby’s in London. The price, which included fees, was ...

Francis Bacon, "Portrait of George Dyer Crouching" (1966), oil on canvas, 78 x 58 inches (all images courtesy Sotheby's) Now, Bacon’s first full-scale portrait of Dyer is headed to auction at ...

A 1964 portrait of Lucian Freud by fellow British artist Francis Bacon will make its auction debut later this month at Sotheby’s in London with an estimate above £35 million (US$42.4 million). The ...

Three Studies for a Self-Portrait by Francis Bacon is comprised of three lithographs in colors on a single sheet. Known for his portraiture, Bacon depicts himself in usual fashion, with his ...