In the 1989 Batman movie, a Francis Bacon painting is the sole painting that Jack Nicholson's Joker chooses to spare from destruction during the art museum scene.
This documentary saved my entire art career. I say this without any exaggeration, thank you so much for your incredible work. I loved his work for so many years but I watched the series a year and a half ago. I literally just had my first exhibition and I am graduating as an honors fine arts this year. I cannot express my gratitude enough. Thank you. Edit: I just graduated from Texas A&M University and have another offer for an exhibition in my city. I have been showing my art in a few galleries this year as well. I cannot thank you all enough for your encouragement and kind words :)
Learn to deliver in a measured manner. A subject like Bacon's life and works demands that steady tone of gravitas that is, or was, the hallmark of the great BBC documentaries.
Yes it was. This ‘documentary’ has the suspicious amateurish whiff about it - judging by the unreadable text under the caption ‘Childhood’. The rambling narration isn’t any better either. I stopped watching.
Before I watch this, I have to pop this here: My late Grandfather knew Francis Bacon (He also knew Lucian Freud) as he was the accountant/book keeper for a resturant called Wheelers (Sp?) that was a favourite among artists since they could pay for food with art work as most were struggling due to their studios and gallery people taking massive cuts of the sale price for pieces. According to my Grandad, Francis Bacon would sometimes come over to talk to him when he grew bored of whoever he had been there with. My Grandad said he was a "Troubled, yet pleasant man.". My grandad was also there when the Resturant Owner asked Bacon and Freud to paint pieces of one another. (There's a piece on ArtUK that talks about that).
Wow I love that little story thanks for sharing. I can just picture that scene. Wheelers was indeed one of Francis Bacon's favourite places that did fresh sea food dishes. He would go there with his friends, it was an artist hang-out and place to mingle for well-to-do folks. The ex-girlfriend and 60's model/singer girlfriend of Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull who ended up a heroin addict and living on the street would sometimes go there too with Bacon. He would buy her a meal as he said she looked half starved and he enjoyed talking with her about sadomasochism a fetish of his.
@@paullangton-rogers2390Yep. Heard stories about his hiring young boys. Who just beated him a bit in Madrid. Round the Santana square, was told. Quite innocent things. Could tell a bit more. But this isn't his interesting side. I don't slip into other's beds. None of my businesses. This in between Wars generation was very different to the hippies, punkies, yuppies, etc, that came later. 😳😔🙏🤗
Im not much of a painter, but your documentaries on these artists always inspire me to abandon my drawings and paint some. Honestly when i watch these i always improve a lot, and i feel enriched by the stories. Thank you so much for making these!
I get that. I've always drawn and enjoyed drawing, but the older I've gotten I've started painting more and more. Watching docs on painters who I've always liked, and their works has definitely played some role in that. That said, i still love to draw, make little films, and occasionally sculpt and write, as well. Painting and drawing just have something special to them in how accessible they always are. You can pretty much always find a pen (which I prefer) or pencil, or some kind of paint. I've been using alot of spray paint on wood for the last few years, and have come to really enjoy it, and would definitely recommend it. It offers alot of potential, but also creates the need to push your boundaries in certain aspects because it's not quite as precise as using traditional paint and brushes.
What makes Francis Bacon my most favorite artist, is how his art somehow seems to give a "glitchy" visual, *years* before the concept of such would even exist....
Hello @@neuroticnation144, A glitch would be recognisably found to be an elemental part of the visual art experience; innate material imperfection like white noise hiss of a tape recorder, needle in the groove on vinyl, grain like flicker of projected film, grainy low light photography etc I might have been more sarcastic, though, hence the quotes around "glitch arts"; is she making much of that characteristic finish detailing his figurative work? The works by density
I think moreso many horror core or cryptid glitch artists draw inspiration from horror films like the thing or artists like hr giger which I'm sure both take some influence from Bacon.
I just saw one of Bacon's paintings in a museum the other week. It was so bizarre. I wasn't even looking for it and I didn't even know it was in there, I was just walking through the halls and outside one wing there it was, like a fucking jumpscare. I love him
His paintings do have that effect! When I first saw his work in a gallery it was like an electric shock passed me through. They're dark disturbing and surreal but also beautifully done with such unusual colours. You get a sense of violence and chaos in many..the screaming Pope's are great, two men wrestling, two dogs fighting with grotesque mangled heads and teeth. He had a fascination with open mouths, teeth and wild animals which are reoccuring themes in his work. One of the most shocking works is the portrait scene of the woman lying on bed with what looks like a syringe in her arm, bullet holes and curious red arrows neatly painted.
I've gone to each and every Exhibition I found. While my trippin'round part of this world. Know where my Fav one is. We're lucky nowadays there's a proper way to preserve well his colour s. 😳😔🙏🤗
Although deeply disturbing, this is one of the best artist documentaries I’ve come across. Listening to people’s different interpretations on The Three Studies and then Bacon’s own description of how these paintings manifest themselves, I came to understand as an artist myself that humanity is the instrument with which a much deeper mind makes itself known. There are artists which are moved by light, and there are artists that are moved by shadows, and there are artists that are moved by the dance between light and shadow, and through all of these we can learn to grasp the inexorable nature of light and shadow upon perception itself. Until we can unite the two in one purpose in our understanding, we will continue to manifest the extremes both in art and in life. This documentary gave me a greater compassion for all human beings caught in the struggle of this greater thing that is becoming itself.
@@mattmckendree6743For me Bacon has all to do, with the Goya Black Paintings. Certainly his best or part of. All together with his Fantasies or Quimeras. Another deaf and quite an interesting and tortured or trouble minded one. 😔🙏🤗
Just finished watching this documentary and I really want to thank you for making this. By the very end of the video I felt really emotional hearing about his art and life that inspired it. Francis Bacon is one of my all time favorite artists and I can see myself revisiting this video again. Thank you
Some of his paintings are nightmare like, it's like he could conjure a horrific image yet paint it in an interesting way, I think it's fascinating, as if he captured a dark human thought and painted it.
The French TH-camr ALT236 made one, and the English subtitles are actually quite accurate, except for maybe one or two lines, so if you want you can have a look.
It was through your original 4 part series that I discovered your amazing channel, i love every artist that you have covered and I look forward to more. Thank you for all your work.
This is the best documentary on Francis Bacon I have ever seen, and must be one of the best artist documentaries I have seen, period. Thank you and bravo!
It's interesting that you mentioned Turing. It's almost as if the British were willing to accept open homosexuality in an artist as that could be explained as Bohemian eccentricity. But they would not accept it in the man responsible for helping win the war. They couldn't allow a homosexual to be a hero
They were also worried that someone (like a Soviet agent) might use Turing's homosexuality to blackmail him in some way to gain intel on the secret nature of his work.
bro this as basic as a youtube doc can be monotone scrip reading over facts with fence sitting injections like i like its good but not unique in any way
I can’t imagine the work it must take to make these beautiful documentaries. Thank you. Your passion for art, painting & painters is palpable. I have always loved art & have a fascination for the dark & “ugly”, so discovering your channel has been so cool because I likely wouldn’t know of most of these works nor of the artists’ lives. It makes the pieces that much more haunting & intriguing to know what may have led them to these dark depictions. Again, thank you; your art has shown myself & so many others beautiful stories of artists who have created beautiful art. ❤
Adrian Lyne was also inspired by Francis Bacon for his film Jacob’s Ladder. In the screenplay there are biblically literal devils with horns and angels with feathered wings. Lyne wanted something more grounded and disturbing and so he looked to Bacon’s paintings as inspiration for the more abstract demons in the movie.
Am not so fond of Lyne. Though what you say is interesting too. Neither think Bacon had any connection with the Silent Hill games. Nor to the Series. Bacon can be a tad sinister, though he never falls into Gothic or Gore. He's not even ghastly. Bacon would be just a door into all that. He may be telling about the previous instant. But he never went in. 😳😔🙏
In Dublin, at one of the museums, I saw in 2016 a complete replica of his painting studio. As in, someone took everything out of it and recreated it inside the museum. Filthy! Repugnant! So visceral in effect. ... I find his work very hard to look at. The deliberate grossness of it. Genius.
@@mossfitz Would you happen to remember the name of this place? I remember visiting it many years ago but cannot remember what or where exactly it's called
@@Bulbart it’s at the ‚Hugh Lane Municipal museum of modern art‘ - well that was the name I knew - but institutional types do like to flex their little bit of authority by inventing reasons to alter names
I can't express my gratitude for the fact that this documentary is free to watch. I am talking to my friends about it. Its form and composition made me feel closer to the artist itself. The portrayal of his life touched my heart deeply and I keep his person constantly in my head. Made me long for someone I couldn't live linearly with. I can see myself in him although our lives are so different. I had known Francis's art but after this documentary, I know something much more important than this art itself. He put his heart, soul and mind to be inspired and inspire others till the end of his life. He keeps inspiring even now as truly alive.
This is a superb, magisterial documentary of the most important, iconoclastic 20th century English painter. Exceedingly well done. Thank you for all of this work.
I need more people to appreciate nanny Lightfoot. What a woman! She was one of the only motherly figures to Francis, loved and took care of him. She moved out with him to keep him company. SHE SLEPT ON A TABLE FOR HIM. I truly hope Francis showed her how much he appreciated all she did. Love her.
I came across your video last year and decided to make an experimental horror film based on Bacon's paintings. It turned out great and gave me the confidence to make another film. Both got screened at student film festival. Would not have happened without you.
As far as TH-cam documentaries go this is a clear 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. You did so well I feel like I understand the guy. His story is relatable to me for better and worse but your treatment of the subject was just perfect. You describe paintings very well, also.
Thank you for creating your channel, these videos really stuck with me when you first uploaded them; I will be re watching because Bacon’s art is so fascinating and gruesome and you just can’t look away
An absolutely fantastic documentary, really well put together - very thorough whilst produced in an engaging way to keep you listening. As a big fan of Francis Bacon, I enjoyed every minute of this. Many thanks.
Thank you for this, I've always loved Bacon's work and learned a lot from this project. This video definitely is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about his life and work.
When this started autoplaying and I glanced at the time, saw how long it was going to be, also despite my enjoyment of art I'm not a true enthusiast, also the fact that I've never watched any of your videos before and wasn't in the mood to check out a new creator .... I happened to be very busy with something and didn't have time to hunt around for something else to multitask-watch, so I figured it wouldn't kill me to let this play a few minutes at least. An hour and 17 minutes later, I'm soooo glad to be less than halfway through this, so much left to enjoy, and I've put away the stuff I was doing, because this really needs seeing, not just listening and glancing. What a wonderful thing you've put together here; it's clear how much you enjoyed it. Incidentally I wonder if Banksy considers Bacon to be an influence. I swear, a good number of these paintings look to me like "Dark Banksy" "Unfinished Banksy" or "Banksy Smeared Before Drying" but the similarities I see are probably just from my not being a true enthusiast, ha.
I thought the same thing when it popped up on my screen. I'll watch a few minutes, then find something else...never happened. I sat through the whole thing, which is unusual for my hyper self. It held my interest, and so glad I watched!
1:49:20 - It's called a 'hanky hat'. Often worn by a particular type of balding, working class man on the beach at the seaside in the 30s, 40, 50 and 60s, the hanky hat is a regular handkerchief knotted at each corner and placed on the head to prevent sunburn. I think it became associated with a type of unworldly, provincial, and unrefined factory worker for example, typically on an away day to Blackpool, Margate, Southend et al. or at a Butlin's holiday camp. So Bacon was perhaps using the incongruous hanky hat to mock Dyer's East End, working class roots and demeanour.
I’ve seen every possible bacon doc I can find and was searching for anything I hadn’t seen. Started this with a low expectation and was really impressed. You have done fantastic research and this is now one of fav docs on Bacon. I applaud you! And, you gained a subscriber. Thanks!
53:58 he’s talking about “The Flow State” in which a person is completely immersed in the task at hand. All the best kind of stuff is created from this state of being.
this is a wonderfully put together documentary. i've been curious about francis bacon since i learned about him in my art appreciation class, but never looked into this curiosity until this video popped up. thank you :)
I watched this film over 4 nights. Superbly done. I didn’t realise how prolific Bacon was, great to see so much of his work. The research and commentary must have taken you ages, you produced a fantastic biography of Bacon.
I think.... i must thank you. No matter how visceral his life was, or bleak.. rather quite chaotic. Nevertheless, it made me want to get back to drawing... i haven't touched a pen nor have i sketched for 2 years now. I feel like it's fleeting from me. Thank you, i really needed this.
Take it from someone who didn't draw, paint, write, make a film, or anything else creative for years- no matter how uninspired you feel, or how much you may feel your art is somehow "a waste" or any of the other awful things we can often tell ourselves, you need to pick up a pen and make something. Your first piece back may be awful, or it may be the best piece you've ever made once the creative energy starts flowing from you again. The most important thing about making art of any kind is to just do it, and let ourselves get lost in doing it. Don't stress over any technique, or let your inner critic shut down an impulse or idea before testing it out. Just let yourself make something, and let yourself enjoy doing so. It'll be good for you, and I can guarantee you it'll lead to something great!
I feel the same way, my hand may be beaten up now but that shouldn't stop me, It keeps eating at you if you don't get back into it, it gets worse. Need to be doers on this matter for our health
@@ShouldaWaved exactly. Also, I feel you on the hand thing. My right hands got a big ass lump now cause while my dumbass was in a low point, I decided to fight an old freezer. Now my pinky knuckle it's back about halfway down the top of my hand, and holding sometimes holding stuff a certain way hurts (luckily, though, that's pretty rare somehow). Guess if there's any silver linings to be had it's that I warped the steel frame of the freezer enough that it doesn't fully close anymore (so I call that fight a draw), and breaking my fucking hand finally made me realize i was letting shit get to me way more than I should and wasn't coping properly at all
You have rightfully elevated Francis Bacons genius via a documentary that is worthy of his immeasurable talent. This is bloody fantastic. Well done and thank you.🙏❤️.x
This is fantastic. Besides the excellent script you have a talent for narration and story telling. I was fascinated by the BBC doc and this is a perfect companion piece to that for more detail. Well done! I enjoyed your personal insights as well.
thank you for putting this all together!! i've watched the original multiple times, but i appreciate having a long-play since i put content i listen to all the time in a playlist which i shuffle! keep up the amazing work!!
So happy this was recommended to me by TH-cam! I'm fortunate enough to have seen Self Portrait 1956 in Fort Worth's modern art museum. I chose it as the prompt for an art appreciation paper, wherein I was required to talk about the curation of a piece. I remember this portrait being on it's own, on a protruding alcove of wall with a bench in front of it. Bacon was sitting there in isolation, with a menacing grin. I was so fascinated by the style, and drawn in by the black void of a background. This looked like someone I should under no circumstance approach, but who was offering some dark knowledge too tempting to pass up.
This was superb. Thank you for putting it together. I was familiar with one of his screaming Pope paintings since a high school art history class, but my real appreciation for Bacon began a few years later when I saw the 1985 retrospective show at the Tate. His work has only become more important to me through the decades.
I recently discovered your channel and if I remember right you said Bacon is your favorite artist and after this amazing video I can see why. Thank you for a channel I've been binging for a day and half .
This is so good, my favourite of your works probably. just so good. I hardly knew who he was before this, and now I'm basically obsessed, haha! Well done!
I think you should do a video on Alice Neel! I probably told you this before but she went to school with my great-grandma in Philadelphia... The same woman's art school. My great grandma was also an artist but not as famous as Alice Neel 😂 lol of course. But Alice Neel's story is amazing!
I had to choose between art and music in school. I was in a arts magnet program in highschool and I was already double majoring in french horn and classical singing. In senior year I had room for one elective and I picked art. I wish I had prioritized it more because I am pretty good. Your videos are amazing for me, really easy to digest and engaging. I hate that I didn't get to take art history or anything like that. I'm so grateful for you 💚💚 thank you for your work.
Great documentary! Appreciating your devotion to diving into the biographies of the Final Art the art itself paints simultaneously while being brought into the world, the Artist...
The extreme anxiety this man felt for the majority of his life must’ve been overwhelming. I’m surprised he lived as long as he did, considering he was self medicating through pretty much his entire existence.
Wow - f amazing. This took quite a bit of blood, sweat and tears, I am sure. You should be very proud. I love Bacon's screaming maws, but had yet to find a really good bio. He was one of a kind. Imagine if Bacon had been born later, say in the 1950s - his art could have been far less threatening or controversial, and we would all be poorer for it. TY so much Blind Dweller. ❣
I'm always relieved when a new narrator, that I'm listening to for the first time, turns out to have a British accent. I can't have information orally delivered to me by anything other than a good English accent.
Not only is he my number one favorite artist, but this documentary is one of my favorite videos on the whole of TH-cam! I can't wait to watch it yet again!!! Thanks so much for putting it together into one whole video!❤
I remember watching the videos when you first posted them, I wanted to rewatch but always forgot to. I'm glad that you decided to post all of them in a bigger video, I really like your content
This is sublime. Your delivery is excellent; subject matter dense as anything could be, yet you penetrated it extremely well. Kudos. This is an aside, but you sound so very much like the artist who runs the TH-cam channel 'Coffee House Crime,' who delivers with a similar excellence in writing and speaking.
I watched more than 10 documentaries on Francis Bacon, this is the most accurate video I've ever seen. Good job on all your research, on the best painters that ever lived!
I think it should be noted that the painting the Joker stops his right hand man from slashing is one of Francis Bacons famous pieces. It's in the art gallery scene when his crew is stylistically vandalizing great works of technical art like Marcel Duchamp.
Well done indeed .. the best I've seen on him .. the man behind the voice [two weak jokes aside/we'll call them 'nerves'] shows a becoming gentleness that complements the torrid life described ..
I love art and the expressions given through different mediums. I wish I could do it myself, but just seeing and appreciating others art is pretty nice itself
Hey Blind Dweller, I've been a fan/watcher for a good bit now and was hoping you would look into potentially doing a video on installation artist, Ed Kienholz.
i was thinking about francis bacon for the first time in a while this morning, and then this pops up, ready to settle in for the afternoon to watch 👍 thanks for the hard work
In the 1989 Batman movie, a Francis Bacon painting is the sole painting that Jack Nicholson's Joker chooses to spare from destruction during the art museum scene.
“I kinda like this one”
When he’s going through Vale’s portfolio, “Crap, crap, crap, crap”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😊lo q 1😂❤
Nice catch
Bro good reference!
This documentary saved my entire art career. I say this without any exaggeration, thank you so much for your incredible work. I loved his work for so many years but I watched the series a year and a half ago. I literally just had my first exhibition and I am graduating as an honors fine arts this year. I cannot express my gratitude enough. Thank you.
Edit: I just graduated from Texas A&M University and have another offer for an exhibition in my city. I have been showing my art in a few galleries this year as well. I cannot thank you all enough for your encouragement and kind words :)
That’s awesome Congratulations!
Oh wow, congratulations! Attracting an audience is one of the toughest things for an artist imho, so that's a huge accomplishment!
looking forward to seeing your work...congrats...
@@suzannejenkins3896Thank you ❤ I hope to post more on my Insta ❤
@@Purpie_SlurpieAw thank you!!
One of the best, if not THE best, documentaries made on Francis Bacon. Well done 👍🏻
I concur.
No. The definitive documentary is the BBC's Arena doc. It's one of the best documentaries on any artist, music by Brian Eno
Learn to deliver in a measured manner. A subject like Bacon's life and works demands that steady tone of gravitas that is, or was, the hallmark of the great BBC documentaries.
Yes it was. This ‘documentary’ has the suspicious amateurish whiff about it - judging by the unreadable text under the caption ‘Childhood’. The rambling narration isn’t any better either. I stopped watching.
Before I watch this, I have to pop this here: My late Grandfather knew Francis Bacon (He also knew Lucian Freud) as he was the accountant/book keeper for a resturant called Wheelers (Sp?) that was a favourite among artists since they could pay for food with art work as most were struggling due to their studios and gallery people taking massive cuts of the sale price for pieces.
According to my Grandad, Francis Bacon would sometimes come over to talk to him when he grew bored of whoever he had been there with. My Grandad said he was a "Troubled, yet pleasant man.". My grandad was also there when the Resturant Owner asked Bacon and Freud to paint pieces of one another. (There's a piece on ArtUK that talks about that).
Wow I love that little story thanks for sharing. I can just picture that scene. Wheelers was indeed one of Francis Bacon's favourite places that did fresh sea food dishes. He would go there with his friends, it was an artist hang-out and place to mingle for well-to-do folks. The ex-girlfriend and 60's model/singer girlfriend of Mick Jagger Marianne Faithfull who ended up a heroin addict and living on the street would sometimes go there too with Bacon. He would buy her a meal as he said she looked half starved and he enjoyed talking with her about sadomasochism a fetish of his.
Interesting. Was that in Ireland ⁉️
@@rickartdefoix1298 nope, London, England!
@@paullangton-rogers2390Yep. Heard stories about his hiring young boys. Who just beated him a bit in Madrid. Round the Santana square, was told. Quite innocent things. Could tell a bit more. But this isn't his interesting side. I don't slip into other's beds. None of my businesses. This in between Wars generation was very different to the hippies, punkies, yuppies, etc, that came later. 😳😔🙏🤗
Wheelers was Bacon's and Freud's favourite restaurant. I'm reading a book all about it at the moment.
Im not much of a painter, but your documentaries on these artists always inspire me to abandon my drawings and paint some. Honestly when i watch these i always improve a lot, and i feel enriched by the stories. Thank you so much for making these!
I get that. I've always drawn and enjoyed drawing, but the older I've gotten I've started painting more and more. Watching docs on painters who I've always liked, and their works has definitely played some role in that. That said, i still love to draw, make little films, and occasionally sculpt and write, as well. Painting and drawing just have something special to them in how accessible they always are. You can pretty much always find a pen (which I prefer) or pencil, or some kind of paint. I've been using alot of spray paint on wood for the last few years, and have come to really enjoy it, and would definitely recommend it. It offers alot of potential, but also creates the need to push your boundaries in certain aspects because it's not quite as precise as using traditional paint and brushes.
I love Francis Bacon and all the artists you've talked about. Thank you for everything you do.
What makes Francis Bacon my most favorite artist, is how his art somehow seems to give a "glitchy" visual, *years* before the concept of such would even exist....
interesting remark. can you please share other "glitchy arts" you know that now exist. thanks
What do you mean by glitchy? Please! I am very interested.
Hello @@neuroticnation144, A glitch would be recognisably found to be an elemental part of the visual art experience; innate material imperfection like white noise hiss of a tape recorder, needle in the groove on vinyl, grain like flicker of projected film, grainy low light photography etc
I might have been more sarcastic, though, hence the quotes around "glitch arts"; is she making much of that characteristic finish detailing his figurative work? The works by density
I think moreso many horror core or cryptid glitch artists draw inspiration from horror films like the thing or artists like hr giger which I'm sure both take some influence from Bacon.
I just saw one of Bacon's paintings in a museum the other week. It was so bizarre. I wasn't even looking for it and I didn't even know it was in there, I was just walking through the halls and outside one wing there it was, like a fucking jumpscare. I love him
His paintings do have that effect! When I first saw his work in a gallery it was like an electric shock passed me through. They're dark disturbing and surreal but also beautifully done with such unusual colours. You get a sense of violence and chaos in many..the screaming Pope's are great, two men wrestling, two dogs fighting with grotesque mangled heads and teeth. He had a fascination with open mouths, teeth and wild animals which are reoccuring themes in his work. One of the most shocking works is the portrait scene of the woman lying on bed with what looks like a syringe in her arm, bullet holes and curious red arrows neatly painted.
art institute chicago?
I've gone to each and every Exhibition I found. While my trippin'round part of this world. Know where my Fav one is. We're lucky nowadays there's a proper way to preserve well his colour s. 😳😔🙏🤗
Although deeply disturbing, this is one of the best artist documentaries I’ve come across. Listening to people’s different interpretations on The Three Studies and then Bacon’s own description of how these paintings manifest themselves, I came to understand as an artist myself that humanity is the instrument with which a much deeper mind makes itself known. There are artists which are moved by light, and there are artists that are moved by shadows, and there are artists that are moved by the dance between light and shadow, and through all of these we can learn to grasp the inexorable nature of light and shadow upon perception itself. Until we can unite the two in one purpose in our understanding, we will continue to manifest the extremes both in art and in life. This documentary gave me a greater compassion for all human beings caught in the struggle of this greater thing that is becoming itself.
This is the best comment by a country mile, so beautifully said,I love it, Bravo
Supposedly, Bacon's work was a partial inspiration for the Silent Hill game franchise. If true, then I can totally see why!!!
No wonder i love those games so much. Especially the second one.
Same with Bekskinski(sp) and Goya’s black paintings
@@mattmckendree6743For me Bacon has all to do, with the Goya Black Paintings. Certainly his best or part of. All together with his Fantasies or Quimeras. Another deaf and quite an interesting and tortured or trouble minded one. 😔🙏🤗
SH was especially influenced by Hans Bellmer. Some of the mannequins are direct homages/swipes.
I never knew I loved art so much until I stumbled upon your channel a couple of months ago. Thank you for all your wonderful work
Just finished watching this documentary and I really want to thank you for making this. By the very end of the video I felt really emotional hearing about his art and life that inspired it. Francis Bacon is one of my all time favorite artists and I can see myself revisiting this video again. Thank you
Some of his paintings are nightmare like, it's like he could conjure a horrific image yet paint it in an interesting way, I think it's fascinating, as if he captured a dark human thought and painted it.
Make a full documentary on Beksiński. He more than anyone deserves a documentary exploring his work and his life.
The French TH-camr ALT236 made one, and the English subtitles are actually quite accurate, except for maybe one or two lines, so if you want you can have a look.
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And this is what we call an opinion, children.
@@G00N3YC4NG A pointless remark. Thanks for stating the obvious.
@@davideatwell6577 Well, we'll see about that.
It was through your original 4 part series that I discovered your amazing channel, i love every artist that you have covered and I look forward to more. Thank you for all your work.
Me too man
This was excellent. I appreciate the work you put into this.
This is the best documentary on Francis Bacon I have ever seen, and must be one of the best artist documentaries I have seen, period. Thank you and bravo!
It's interesting that you mentioned Turing. It's almost as if the British were willing to accept open homosexuality in an artist as that could be explained as Bohemian eccentricity. But they would not accept it in the man responsible for helping win the war. They couldn't allow a homosexual to be a hero
This is an enlightening comment
@@tigerkite9520 And that attitude was by no means limited to Britain. Every “enlightened” society felt the same
They were also worried that someone (like a Soviet agent) might use Turing's homosexuality to blackmail him in some way to gain intel on the secret nature of his work.
Your style of narration is very unique and captivating, and the amount of work you put to your videos is admirable. A true find your channel is.
bro this as basic as a youtube doc can be
monotone scrip reading over facts with fence sitting injections like i like its good but not unique in any way
Just wanted to say thank you for having some of the best art documentaries on TH-cam, absolutely love your channel!!
I can’t imagine the work it must take to make these beautiful documentaries. Thank you. Your passion for art, painting & painters is palpable. I have always loved art & have a fascination for the dark & “ugly”, so discovering your channel has been so cool because I likely wouldn’t know of most of these works nor of the artists’ lives. It makes the pieces that much more haunting & intriguing to know what may have led them to these dark depictions. Again, thank you; your art has shown myself & so many others beautiful stories of artists who have created beautiful art. ❤
Adrian Lyne was also inspired by Francis Bacon for his film Jacob’s Ladder. In the screenplay there are biblically literal devils with horns and angels with feathered wings. Lyne wanted something more grounded and disturbing and so he looked to Bacon’s paintings as inspiration for the more abstract demons in the movie.
i will never watch that movie again, but i've thought about it often over the last like, twelve years since i saw it. it's just so haunting.
I was scared shitless when I first saw that movie at aged 15!
Am not so fond of Lyne. Though what you say is interesting too. Neither think Bacon had any connection with the Silent Hill games. Nor to the Series. Bacon can be a tad sinister, though he never falls into Gothic or Gore. He's not even ghastly. Bacon would be just a door into all that. He may be telling about the previous instant. But he never went in. 😳😔🙏
In Dublin, at one of the museums, I saw in 2016 a complete replica of his painting studio. As in, someone took everything out of it and recreated it inside the museum. Filthy! Repugnant! So visceral in effect. ... I find his work very hard to look at. The deliberate grossness of it. Genius.
It's not a replica.
It is his original studio
His London studio was documented, taken apart and put back together again in Dublin
@@mossfitz Would you happen to remember the name of this place? I remember visiting it many years ago but cannot remember what or where exactly it's called
@@Bulbart it’s at the ‚Hugh Lane Municipal museum of modern art‘ - well that was the name I knew - but institutional types do like to flex their little bit of authority by inventing reasons to alter names
I can't express my gratitude for the fact that this documentary is free to watch. I am talking to my friends about it. Its form and composition made me feel closer to the artist itself. The portrayal of his life touched my heart deeply and I keep his person constantly in my head. Made me long for someone I couldn't live linearly with. I can see myself in him although our lives are so different. I had known Francis's art but after this documentary, I know something much more important than this art itself. He put his heart, soul and mind to be inspired and inspire others till the end of his life. He keeps inspiring even now as truly alive.
This is a superb, magisterial documentary of the most important, iconoclastic 20th century English painter. Exceedingly well done. Thank you for all of this work.
I need more people to appreciate nanny Lightfoot. What a woman! She was one of the only motherly figures to Francis, loved and took care of him. She moved out with him to keep him company. SHE SLEPT ON A TABLE FOR HIM. I truly hope Francis showed her how much he appreciated all she did. Love her.
Watching this, it crossed my mind to wonder if he would have been able to paint her face unmutilated. In the circumstances.
I came across your video last year and decided to make an experimental horror film based on Bacon's paintings. It turned out great and gave me the confidence to make another film. Both got screened at student film festival. Would not have happened without you.
No way, that's amazing! Are your films on TH-cam?
@@BlindDweller yeah: Study of Five Figures in a Basement and The Unbearble Weight of not Having any Talent. on this channel
Awesome
@@maryogan215 ❤
Oof, can you share this video?
As far as TH-cam documentaries go this is a clear 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟. You did so well I feel like I understand the guy. His story is relatable to me for better and worse but your treatment of the subject was just perfect. You describe paintings very well, also.
Thank you for creating your channel, these videos really stuck with me when you first uploaded them; I will be re watching because Bacon’s art is so fascinating and gruesome and you just can’t look away
An absolutely fantastic documentary, really well put together - very thorough whilst produced in an engaging way to keep you listening. As a big fan of Francis Bacon, I enjoyed every minute of this. Many thanks.
Thank you for this, I've always loved Bacon's work and learned a lot from this project. This video definitely is a great resource for anyone wanting to learn more about his life and work.
My Favorite Painter. Thanks Mr.Dweller..
When this started autoplaying and I glanced at the time, saw how long it was going to be, also despite my enjoyment of art I'm not a true enthusiast, also the fact that I've never watched any of your videos before and wasn't in the mood to check out a new creator .... I happened to be very busy with something and didn't have time to hunt around for something else to multitask-watch, so I figured it wouldn't kill me to let this play a few minutes at least.
An hour and 17 minutes later, I'm soooo glad to be less than halfway through this, so much left to enjoy, and I've put away the stuff I was doing, because this really needs seeing, not just listening and glancing. What a wonderful thing you've put together here; it's clear how much you enjoyed it.
Incidentally I wonder if Banksy considers Bacon to be an influence. I swear, a good number of these paintings look to me like "Dark Banksy" "Unfinished Banksy" or "Banksy Smeared Before Drying" but the similarities I see are probably just from my not being a true enthusiast, ha.
I thought the same thing when it popped up on my screen. I'll watch a few minutes, then find something else...never happened. I sat through the whole thing, which is unusual for my hyper self. It held my interest, and so glad I watched!
1:49:20 - It's called a 'hanky hat'. Often worn by a particular type of balding, working class man on the beach at the seaside in the 30s, 40, 50 and 60s, the hanky hat is a regular handkerchief knotted at each corner and placed on the head to prevent sunburn.
I think it became associated with a type of unworldly, provincial, and unrefined factory worker for example, typically on an away day to Blackpool, Margate, Southend et al. or at a Butlin's holiday camp.
So Bacon was perhaps using the incongruous hanky hat to mock Dyer's East End, working class roots and demeanour.
ooof!
I’ve seen every possible bacon doc I can find and was searching for anything I hadn’t seen. Started this with a low expectation and was really impressed. You have done fantastic research and this is now one of fav docs on Bacon. I applaud you! And, you gained a subscriber. Thanks!
i appreciate this channel so deeply. thank you for making art history accessible so beautifully
Fantastic job, enjoyed every minute of this. I went to RA exhibition, honestly made me cry.
Thank you for putting all of your hard work into one video. I love your videos.
Thank you for this video. I love your writing style and your narration. Extra long content on a channel like yours is a real treat.
53:58 he’s talking about “The Flow State” in which a person is completely immersed in the task at hand. All the best kind of stuff is created from this state of being.
Amazing documentary! Thank you for reuploading it into one video.
Thank you so much for making this compolation! i watch your series on Francis so often and im stoked to be able to do it in one do!
this is a wonderfully put together documentary. i've been curious about francis bacon since i learned about him in my art appreciation class, but never looked into this curiosity until this video popped up. thank you :)
I watched this film over 4 nights. Superbly done. I didn’t realise how prolific Bacon was, great to see so much of his work. The research and commentary must have taken you ages, you produced a fantastic biography of Bacon.
Fantastic piece of work, thank you, Blind Dweller!
I think.... i must thank you.
No matter how visceral his life was, or bleak.. rather quite chaotic. Nevertheless, it made me want to get back to drawing... i haven't touched a pen nor have i sketched for 2 years now. I feel like it's fleeting from me. Thank you, i really needed this.
Take it from someone who didn't draw, paint, write, make a film, or anything else creative for years- no matter how uninspired you feel, or how much you may feel your art is somehow "a waste" or any of the other awful things we can often tell ourselves, you need to pick up a pen and make something. Your first piece back may be awful, or it may be the best piece you've ever made once the creative energy starts flowing from you again. The most important thing about making art of any kind is to just do it, and let ourselves get lost in doing it. Don't stress over any technique, or let your inner critic shut down an impulse or idea before testing it out. Just let yourself make something, and let yourself enjoy doing so. It'll be good for you, and I can guarantee you it'll lead to something great!
I feel the same way, my hand may be beaten up now but that shouldn't stop me, It keeps eating at you if you don't get back into it, it gets worse. Need to be doers on this matter for our health
@@ShouldaWaved exactly. Also, I feel you on the hand thing. My right hands got a big ass lump now cause while my dumbass was in a low point, I decided to fight an old freezer. Now my pinky knuckle it's back about halfway down the top of my hand, and holding sometimes holding stuff a certain way hurts (luckily, though, that's pretty rare somehow). Guess if there's any silver linings to be had it's that I warped the steel frame of the freezer enough that it doesn't fully close anymore (so I call that fight a draw), and breaking my fucking hand finally made me realize i was letting shit get to me way more than I should and wasn't coping properly at all
Love Bacon's art, seen a number of his piece, absolutely brilliant artist. Great video by the way, watch it many times.❤🙏🇬🇧👍
You have rightfully elevated Francis Bacons genius via a documentary that is worthy of his immeasurable talent.
This is bloody fantastic. Well done and thank you.🙏❤️.x
This is fantastic. Besides the excellent script you have a talent for narration and story telling.
I was fascinated by the BBC doc and this is a perfect companion piece to that for more detail. Well done! I enjoyed your personal insights as well.
I fancy myself finding well researched and interesting documentaries such as this one to be soothing while performing daily tasks. Bravo well done.
Have to give this 2 or 3 full watch through because this is so well done and packed with knowledge thank you for your time on this project
glad you made a compilation!
thank you for putting this all together!! i've watched the original multiple times, but i appreciate having a long-play since i put content i listen to all the time in a playlist which i shuffle! keep up the amazing work!!
This was an amazing documentary about Francis. Thank you for such a massive and in-depth work. One of the best documentaries on him and his work.
Excellent! One of the best documentaries I've ever watched. Great to watch again! Would love to see one about Lucian Freud.
As the saying goes. "Knowledge is Power, France is Bacon".
So happy this was recommended to me by TH-cam! I'm fortunate enough to have seen Self Portrait 1956 in Fort Worth's modern art museum. I chose it as the prompt for an art appreciation paper, wherein I was required to talk about the curation of a piece. I remember this portrait being on it's own, on a protruding alcove of wall with a bench in front of it. Bacon was sitting there in isolation, with a menacing grin. I was so fascinated by the style, and drawn in by the black void of a background. This looked like someone I should under no circumstance approach, but who was offering some dark knowledge too tempting to pass up.
This documentary is riveting and insightful into the life of a great artist. Thank you!
This was amazing to watch all the way through. Thanks for making this!
This was superb. Thank you for putting it together. I was familiar with one of his screaming Pope paintings since a high school art history class, but my real appreciation for Bacon began a few years later when I saw the 1985 retrospective show at the Tate. His work has only become more important to me through the decades.
I recently discovered your channel and if I remember right you said Bacon is your favorite artist and after this amazing video I can see why. Thank you for a channel I've been binging for a day and half .
This is so good, my favourite of your works probably. just so good. I hardly knew who he was before this, and now I'm basically obsessed, haha! Well done!
I think you should do a video on Alice Neel! I probably told you this before but she went to school with my great-grandma in Philadelphia... The same woman's art school. My great grandma was also an artist but not as famous as Alice Neel 😂 lol of course. But Alice Neel's story is amazing!
I had to choose between art and music in school. I was in a arts magnet program in highschool and I was already double majoring in french horn and classical singing. In senior year I had room for one elective and I picked art. I wish I had prioritized it more because I am pretty good. Your videos are amazing for me, really easy to digest and engaging. I hate that I didn't get to take art history or anything like that. I'm so grateful for you 💚💚 thank you for your work.
Thankyou , this is a fab documentary, That last painting of the Bull is possibly the best thing he ever did.
Your passion, humor, integrity and knowledge is truly touching 🩵
Great documentary! Appreciating your devotion to diving into the biographies of the Final Art the art itself paints simultaneously while being brought into the world, the Artist...
Thank You *Blind Dweller* ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
The extreme anxiety this man felt for the majority of his life must’ve been overwhelming. I’m surprised he lived as long as he did, considering he was self medicating through pretty much his entire existence.
This should have more views. I wish more people cared about art these days
I love this doc, I've watched it 4 times since you put it up. I can really tell you cared, and i'm sure Bacon loves that you keep his life out there,.
Wow - f amazing. This took quite a bit of blood, sweat and tears, I am sure. You should be very proud. I love Bacon's screaming maws, but had yet to find a really good bio. He was one of a kind. Imagine if Bacon had been born later, say in the 1950s - his art could have been far less threatening or controversial, and we would all be poorer for it. TY so much Blind Dweller. ❣
what a fascinating man, I never heard about him but im fascinated ....thank you for making this pice
You have such an informative and thoughtful channel. Keep up the awesome work! 👍🏽
I'm always relieved when a new narrator, that I'm listening to for the first time, turns out to have a British accent.
I can't have information orally delivered to me by anything other than a good English accent.
one fantastic story! You really captured the poignancy of FRANCIS BACONS life and the evolution of his art. bravo!
Probably your best film yet. I am a great lover of your works and channel Thank You
5 STARS
Not only is he my number one favorite artist, but this documentary is one of my favorite videos on the whole of TH-cam! I can't wait to watch it yet again!!! Thanks so much for putting it together into one whole video!❤
Your videos are endlessly fascinating. Keep up the great work
I remember watching the videos when you first posted them, I wanted to rewatch but always forgot to. I'm glad that you decided to post all of them in a bigger video, I really like your content
I am really grateful that I get to watch this documentary thank you for what you do
This is sublime. Your delivery is excellent; subject matter dense as anything could be, yet you penetrated it extremely well. Kudos. This is an aside, but you sound so very much like the artist who runs the TH-cam channel 'Coffee House Crime,' who delivers with a similar excellence in writing and speaking.
Can we please have the full version of your script now? I could listen and learn for another 3 hours!
I watched more than 10 documentaries on Francis Bacon, this is the most accurate video I've ever seen. Good job on all your research, on the best painters that ever lived!
I think it should be noted that the painting the Joker stops his right hand man from slashing is one of Francis Bacons famous pieces. It's in the art gallery scene when his crew is stylistically vandalizing great works of technical art like Marcel Duchamp.
Well done indeed .. the best I've seen on him .. the man behind the voice [two weak jokes aside/we'll call them 'nerves'] shows a becoming gentleness that complements the torrid life described ..
This video was AMAZING - watched over a couple of evenings and thoroughly enjoyed it
I love this! I love your voice! Never knew about this dude! But I as well became intrigued! Great Work!
I love art and the expressions given through different mediums. I wish I could do it myself, but just seeing and appreciating others art is pretty nice itself
i encourage you do to so anyway. Don’t think about the art world, think about what you would like to express!
My favorite art documentary hands down
Bravo! Beautifully, artfully, poetically done 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 thank you so much 😭🥺
The best!
A brush with violence is probably one of my favorites documentaries ever
Hey Blind Dweller, I've been a fan/watcher for a good bit now and was hoping you would look into potentially doing a video on installation artist, Ed Kienholz.
Wow this popped up in my TH-cam feed and it's such a treat! Brilliant job on an enigmatic character and artist, thank you
Iconic ...thankyou for uploading 💯👍🌷
Thank you for a First Rate retrospective. Now I have to watch all your videos.
i was thinking about francis bacon for the first time in a while this morning, and then this pops up, ready to settle in for the afternoon to watch 👍 thanks for the hard work
Actually, and surprisingly, this left me welling up. Actually AND unexpectedly.. thanks. Subbed.
Thank you for taking the time to assemble this full length version. This is the second time watching this. (The first watch was the 4 part series :)
Thanks for this epic work!