General Editor: Richard Humphreys

A major new series of monographs on the lives and careers of influential British artists, from the eighteenth century onwards.

'The best introduction to the artist that I have read' - The Independent

'Informed and witty, it's a gripping read laced with anecdotes and insights' - Ham & High

Andrew Brighton casts fresh light on Bacon's formation as an artist in gay and aristocratic bohemian London circles. He locates Bacon at the core of contesting ideas and values, while firmly grounding his reading of Bacon's art in an understanding of his working methods and technique. Penetrating the seeming horror of Bacon's paintings this book reveals the ideas, the beliefs and the life that formed one of the most sucessful artists of the twentieth century.

80pp; 60 illustrations (40 colour)