![Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post](https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/OSH53LSKIFCUBEJZZIU6JHE6JQ.jpg)
Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post
![Was Francis Bacon the Greatest Painter of the Twentieth Century or a Fascinating Mess? -- New York Magazine - Nymag Was Francis Bacon the Greatest Painter of the Twentieth Century or a Fascinating Mess? -- New York Magazine - Nymag](https://images.nymag.com/arts/art/profiles/bacon090525_2_560.jpg)
Was Francis Bacon the Greatest Painter of the Twentieth Century or a Fascinating Mess? -- New York Magazine - Nymag
![TurboT-rex on Twitter: "Another francis bacon study, this time it's the umbrella man from painting 1946 https://t.co/vvcrZ3FX4u" / Twitter TurboT-rex on Twitter: "Another francis bacon study, this time it's the umbrella man from painting 1946 https://t.co/vvcrZ3FX4u" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/ER-bs1LXYAUCuJ1.jpg)
TurboT-rex on Twitter: "Another francis bacon study, this time it's the umbrella man from painting 1946 https://t.co/vvcrZ3FX4u" / Twitter
![Colin Dickey on Twitter: "(R: Andrew Harrar, Bloomberg; L: Francis Bacon, detail of Painting, 1946) https://t.co/yXxfn3t2lq" / Twitter Colin Dickey on Twitter: "(R: Andrew Harrar, Bloomberg; L: Francis Bacon, detail of Painting, 1946) https://t.co/yXxfn3t2lq" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EK3eMJ7WkAEmCCQ.jpg)
Colin Dickey on Twitter: "(R: Andrew Harrar, Bloomberg; L: Francis Bacon, detail of Painting, 1946) https://t.co/yXxfn3t2lq" / Twitter
Francis Bacon (artist) - X-rays of paintings often offer tantalizing glimpses into the true nature of an artist's process. This is spectacularly demonstrated within the X-ray of Painting 1946. We had a
![Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post](https://img.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=https://arc-anglerfish-washpost-prod-washpost.s3.amazonaws.com/public/SQPWKKLUPZDXPDK4PHQKQHJ75Q.jpg&w=1800)
Francis Bacon's 'Painting, 1946,' at MoMA, foretold our current moment of brute power and addiction to spectacle. - Washington Post
![Portrait of Man with Glasses I - Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection - Seattle Art Museum Portrait of Man with Glasses I - Frisson: The Richard E. Lang and Jane Lang Davis Collection - Seattle Art Museum](http://frisson.site.seattleartmuseum.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2021/07/2020.14.6_IsoC_1080px.jpg)