Francis Bacon: The Story of His Life

The novel explores Bacon's life and times, including his autodidacticism, estrangement from family, struggles as a surrealist painter, destruction of early work, success in postwar Europe, romantic relationships, portraiture, and search for subject matter and meaning. It combines historical facts and figures with full-page illustrations and smaller captioned works to reconstruct his life as a cartoonist.

Format: Hardback
Length: 119 pages
Publication date: 26 April 2022
Publisher: Random House Inc

The novel "Portolano" is a captivating exploration of the life and times of Francis Bacon, a renowned surrealist painter. Divided into thematic and chronological sections, the novel delves into Bacon's early autodidacticism and estrangement from his family, his struggles as a painter, and his destruction of his early work. It also traces his gradual success in postwar Europe, his powerful and often violent romantic relationships, his foray into portraiture, and his never-ending search for subject matter and meaning in his work. Through a combination of full-page illustrations and smaller, captioned works, the novel offers a vivid portrayal of Bacon's biography, including his dreams, fears, and obsessions, which were equally formidable underpinnings of his oeuvre. The graphic novel skillfully weaves historical facts and figures into the narrative, creating a rich and evocative portrayal of Bacon's life.

Weight: 590g
Dimension: 245 x 259 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783791388427