The Scandalous Life of Francis Bacon, the Artist Who Defied Convention: Art History School

[@edwardrichardson8254]

I've followed Bacon for decades and there are photographs and images of early paintings in this I have never seen before. Terrific. We know Bacon mainly by the output from the 60s and 70s but boy, that pre-Marlborough Gallery work is dark and tremendous. Great to see it all laid out (almost) chronologically here. Thank you.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome. Cheers

[@shlee4025]

I love the age captions - gives me a great insight of individual events in the context of his life as whole. Thank you so much!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome.

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

Francis was such a wunderbar and humble human being. Hope he will be resurrected soon . . .I´d like to meet him . . .

[@tradcatholic]

So sad to see his life was so dark as we're his paintings. What a insightful history recollection. Thank you for this fine study of this troubled man

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I'm glad you enjoyed my video. Cheers

[@surality]

Ahh, such a terrible privileged life 😭

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

The dark secret lies in his youth. Abused poor guy . . . .no wonder that he did NOT want any offspring . . . .

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

@@surality Ha ha, he certainly had much MUCH more fun than 95 % of dumb flock/mob . . .

[@rattyrachel4316]

Because of your team’s hard work and your own talent, I now know what a complex human being and great artist Francis Bacon was. Thank you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I wish I did have a team. I do all the work myself including the research, filming editing etc., which is why I am not producing videos every week. But it is great to know my efforts are appreciated, many thanks.

[@rattyrachel4316]

Art History School hats off to you! That’s pretty amazing!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@janethayes5941]

Gosh his work is so disturbing and so compelling at the same time. I love it.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think that is what makes it such great art.

[@andrewharald]

Hi Jane

[@ianaldred5535]

Thank you for producing this excellent video on the life of one of the greatest painters of the 20th century. Bacon was a huge talent but was also a complex and interesting individual. For anybody wanting to find out a bit more about his life, I'd certainly recommend his friend Daniel Farson's book.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Yes, my video is an introduction to this great painter - there is so much more to this complex character than can be covered in 20 minutes. The book would be great for someone wanting a more in depth analysis of his life and work.

[@ezequielramirez6644]

Wonderful.video. please continue doing those. We appreciate so.much.

[@ciaobella8963]

That was fantastic! I think your channel is the best. Thank you for your excellent work.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you! Much appreciated.

[@reviveramesh]

Excellent presentation. Whenever I listen to you and see your videos I learned a lot thank you so much for doing this

[@stevetaylor3681]

I came here looking for an older Frank Bacon, philosopher/attorney/ statesman from the 17th century, but this was great. Thanks!

[@sylvainst-pierre8725]

For art lovers and art history passionates, this channel has to be the best. Thank you for publishing these.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks, much appreciated. Cheers

[@allenscottrogers5106]

Hands down one of my favorite artists of all time ever since first seeing his work at the Getty! Loved seeing the more obscure paintings that people don't talk about much! thank you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was a one off. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@duantorruellas716]

The perfect abstract realist . The work show figures in motion , that morph in and out of existence . And in some aspects it reminds me of souls being stretched from their bodies as they scream in agony. Then there is the stylized representation of creatures and corpses up against a stark red field . Amazing visual works that I found very disturbing when I was young. But as I became an older artist and a bit more learned , I saw alot of brilliantly painted pain , and that's not easy to do .

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I agree, he was a truly brilliant painter.

[@ValkiriStudio]

I'm really enjoying these art history videos! Thank you so much for taking the time to make them :D

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you like them! I enjoy making them. Cheers

[@juwu5095]

Another well researched, well presented video. Thank you so much. It is sad that he destroyed so many of his art works..His soul was full of torture.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Really pleased you enjoyed my video. I think his upbringing and the time in which he lived had a great effect on him. Cheers

[@juwu5095]

@@ArtHistorySchool I noticed that you always make the effort to reply to all your commenters. You have a very kind and caring soul. My respect!❣️

[@maggieadams8600]

Thanks again! I knew so little of Francis Bacon, and was a bit put off to be honest by what little I had seen before watching, but your brief video sheds a light of understanding, and it's also introduced me to so much of his varied works of art, that it has made me want to look more closely.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He is a difficult artist to appreciate in some ways, but understanding his background and the time in which he lived gives great insights into his work. Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@cynthiadiacre8976]

I went to RA exhibit last week….at the end of his first interview with Melvyn Bragg he gives context to my reaction. I did not like it.

[@morganjames5180]

I've seen many famous artists work after alot of travelling. I've loved them all, but am always strongly more drawn to glass display cabinets full of their sketchbooks, easel, paintbrush pallette paints etc. Things like a pair of glasses, palletes full of dried paint , smock, beret or hat , loose sketches and experiments always make me feel closer to their soul and who they were . You feel like you've actually met them in person . They tend to show clothes, shoes, half empty glass of wine , cigarette stub in ashtray ...all sorts...I love it. Bacon's art studio was amazing. He used the walls, doors , mirrors and tables as his pallete and mixing plate. It's an absolute mess, but I love it, it's full of energy and passion for expressing himself. It shows the long hard journey towards a finished piece , the painting. Bacon was a genius ,fired up, eccentric artist... One of a kind. Wonderful. 💚💚💚💚

[@ArtHistorySchool]

The mess was part of his inspiration I think.

[@zsuzsablom6256]

Pleases me to know he was appreciated and honored during his life. Thank you for an illuminating biography!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks

[@AL_THOMAS_777]

I myself own 3 biographies about Francis (maybe because I am a painter by myself) Although he has been abused, he made the best out of his life. I respect and admire him for that. He could easily have committed suicide - like George Dyer. But: Francis was STRONG and had his ART to rescue himself. By the way: Thank you so much sir for caring about this absolutely wonderful legend !

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very right. Bacon was a force of nature and I think he is a brilliant painter, one of the best.

[@gary1251]

I love your love for art, your narrative of the lives of oftentimes rejected and struggling artists. I only wish I could show you my art, my spiritual writings, etc...Keep up the energy, color, passion and lusciousness of your 'art school'. Aloha from Hilo, Hawaii

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. Cheers from England

[@caroledrury1411]

This was a very great presentation of Francis Bacon. He was a friend of my fathers, Harold Arthur Drury, a great painter in his own right and I grew up with Bacons paintings in print form around the house and stories of Francis in the pubs with dad.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. I bet you have lots of interesting anecdotes about Bacon that would have been great in the video. Cheers

[@christiantettinek644]

How wonderful, thank you so much, God bless you. I met Francis, when I made a trip to London. I went to his address and knocked at his door. He opened, asked me what's up and I said I'm from Austria, visiting London. He let me enter and in the evening we went out to dinner, gambling an then, very late at night we went in to a weird place, full of strange and interesting people also meeting Lucian Freud. 2 days later we went for breakfast in a small delicatessen shop with 2 tables in a back room with Lucian Freud who shared a large piece of nougat with us. Those days I'll never forget as long as I may live. Looking forward to your next video, greetings from Christian and family 🎨

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Amazing, that must have been brilliant.

[@WillN2Go1]

In the 1990s I had the good fortune to be photographing in a closed and mostly dark gallery where a large Francis Bacon painting was on display. In the semi darkness it was magnificently creepy and visually stunning. I couldn't keep from walking up to it over and over again to look at the texture. Gave me the shivers. After years of looking at Bacon's paintings, I don't think he's always 'just going' for the creepy and unsettling, I think he primarily goes for a powerful visual effect and when he's got it he seems to stop. This is what I noticed in the paining of George Gyer featured in the Dublin City Museum, where his "shambolic studio" (great description) is recreated. Get an arm's length from the face on this canvas and study it with your right eye. When the image start to slide you'll feel a thrill and you'll experience Francis Bacon as he did. The rest of the canvas seems unfinished - of course that doesn't matter.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He is a much under rated painter in some quarters, but I think he is there up with the greats.

[@chrisbingham5665]

Thanks for this video Paul. I remember watching a documentary about him years ago where he was interviewed in his studio. How he used to function in that room was astonishing. I love his triptychs and his dark style of painting, which reminds me of Goya at times, who I also really like. Thanks again.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I think the Goya analogy is a good one. He was a great painter.

[@ArachneAnathema]

Oh, thank you. I think Bacon’s paintings are just the most interesting, how he uses space and creates form. Thank you for showing so much of his work! -❤

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed the video, Bacon is one of my favourites too.

[@user-re1lu4nv9o]

Thank you so much. Your documentary amplified my vision and knowledge about this great revolutionary artist of the 20th century.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome.

[@kojoman75]

WoW!!! My 89th years!!! Can you believe it, my 89th years!!! My interest in (visual) arts ended when I became a jewelry-model maker, by carving cow-horns, and ivory (while in Africa) which later became wax’s models for casting precious metals. Now, in retirement I’ve returned to my first-love, visual art. All praises to the Creat

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers, let's hope you are enjoying art for many years to come.

[@kevinogracia1615]

Excellent. I had no idea his work stretched so far back. Well done... like good bacon. Peace on earth.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@miriambehrens4503]

I found the video extreme interesting!!! Amazing evolution in his work!!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Yes, he has quite a unique perspective on painting, which I also find very interesting.

[@ingridllinas5612]

Great documentary. Bacon’s paintings and triptychs were very well explained. Thanks so much.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

[@NinaGuth-hg5eh]

I found this study of f. bacon most informative and so very interesting.Proves a point,its really not the outer man but the inner man that counts!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That is very true, glad you liked the video.

[@lucretiaonutube]

Great overview!! Thank you very much

[@ArtHistorySchool]

My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@danieladeutsch1708]

Thank you so much for Francis Bacon, sir Paul. So interesting and informative. I love, how you explain all the context to the art. So many pictures that you always find for your videos are impressive. I like Bacon, he makes me thinking, he is complex - he is not a classical painter, where we can see and understand everything at the first look. I think that some of his works look like if you would look at them through a glass of water. I like that. Thank you so much for your video, you are amazing. P.S. I like your new haircut - it is très artistique! XX

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Really pleased you like the video, he was a quite unique artist. Hairdressers in England have been shut these past four months for obvious reasons, so the new haircut sort of evolved. Cheers

[@RonaldGosses]

Great coverage. Thank for showing !

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thanks for watching!

[@kingmidas9641]

I saw Painting 1946 three days ago at Moma and it spent chills down my spine. Thanks for the video!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's a great painting. Cheers

[@PaperCranesAndHaiku]

I’m so glad to have stumbled upon your channel. The way you tell the story is very engaging and your voice is very calming. Thank you 🌸

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you so much! Really pleased you enjoyed the video, I hope you enjoy the others too. Cheers

[@royprivatlindquist2109]

I am so glad I found this history teaching of Francis Bacon, it is very helpful to understand the life of Francis...thank you !!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad it was helpful! Cheers

[@joverbohol2539]

I want weekly video from you.....your channel helps me a lot for my college degree...thank you so much

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Really pleased you enjoy my videos but I can't produce one a week. I'll do my best.

[@robmurrah3224]

This is some of the best art I've ever seen.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was a great painter. Cheers

[@lastdays9163]

Yes! I love this newly discovered channel! I love the historical backgrounds of artist.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Welcome aboard! Cheers

[@amydavidson7166]

I love all of your videos! You make the world a more beautiful place. Thank you from art historians and lovers of art everywhere!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you so much 😀 Cheers

[@martinfitzgerald6705]

We in Ireland like to think of Bacon as Irish ! Love the video, thanks for creating it.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I can understand why. I guess its like Keifer Sutherland the actor who was born in London to America parents and lived his first few years there, yet is always referred to as American. Cheers

[@natalya6091]

Hello, dear Paul! It's still happy time to watch your interesting video. Thank you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks

[@rosannavitale9922]

Thank you, again, for your work, insight, and keen description of the works and their creators. Serenity and joy.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you kindly! Cheers

[@mujercomiendoensalda2221]

Nice, this is the painter that I need to study for my next art history examen. Perfect timing, thanks

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I hope you do wonderfully well with your art exam. Cheers

[@Pieceoreece]

In my opinion informative YT videos are always better with voiceover, instead of on-camera narration like this; but, then again, I could see why it might be helpful to some.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are quite entitled to your opinion, not one I share particularly.

[@HurleyDeanSandpointIdaho]

Thank you. I knew very little about Francis Bacon until I attended your "Art History School." Very well done. Enjoy your videos.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you very much! Cheers

[@fairuzmaileen5691]

🖤👏Love his tormented art. I was able to see an amazing exhibition in Berlin which included works of him and his reknown artist-friend/possibly-lover Lucian Freud (also love his art), and my impression was Bacon's standed out as shocking and visceral, but somehow beautifully balanced. His famous painting of the pope is imposing and quite scary at the same time🖤😅. Thank you for sharing these videos🔝👏the more you know about the artist, the more you can comprehend the art

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you. I too find Bacon fascinating certainly one of the greatest artists this country has produced. Cheers

[@lastdays9163]

I love the life long timeline of the artist but I think it could also be interesting to focus on " "periods" of the life and work of artist.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

My videos are introductions to each artist. To cover Bacon properly would take many hours of video. Cheers

[@fleurdeb7803]

Very nicely done, Paul. Bravo!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@andrewharald]

Hi Fleur

[@georgeflutey838]

Another very interesting video, thanks Paul.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks! Cheers

[@tamaramalevich1665]

Как интересно Вы подаёте материал, слушаешь, не отрываясь ни на секунду. Какая тяжёлая судьба у художника, ведь кто-то же должен был направлять его разум и его кисть на то, чтобы изображать мир таким мрачным...?! Искреннее спасибо за Ваш труд, постараюсь ничего не пропустить.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Он был очень необычным художником. Рад, что вам понравилось видео. Ваше здоровье

[@pmo8672]

What a fascinating personality, and of course your presentation was just as artistic and excellent as always! Before I actually saw your video, I had just listened to an episode entirely dedicated to his studio and his way of working on the "Messy Studio" podcast. The episode is called "The messiest studio ever", and maybe you find it interesting to listen to. Cheers and keep up the excellent work!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you!

[@ArtHistorywithAlder]

Great video. I love how much insightful info you are able to pack into your videos in an understandable way. It's hard not to be drawn to Bacon's work!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Bacon is a very unusual artist, glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your channel.

[@ArtHistorywithAlder]

@@ArtHistorySchool Thank you!

[@joepage3065]

Excellent, thanks for sharing.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

My pleasure!

[@Tomasbijo]

Thanks for starting a art history channel, which educate people like me having no art school background but interested in fine art. subscribed. waiting for more videos :)

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@elisthetic]

i am going to binge this channel so hard, thank you

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I hope you enjoy them all. Cheers

[@Sophie-uc8vp]

I've never truly appreciated Francis Bacon until I watched this! Thank you for your insights.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers

[@duantorruellas716]

I agree , I've seen many bacon art documentaries , but you sir have given me a very singular insight here with this narrative. Many thanks to the loader and the program.

[@JamesEscobar]

Wow! What a fantastic channel!! Brilliant material and effort! Thanks for all you do!! Sub 10 times over and will pass it along!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you, I'm pleased you enjoy my videos and thanks for the sub and encouraging others to do so. Cheers

[@brittarouthier1485]

Not too long, not too short - Not too fast and not too slow! ❤

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks.

[@andrewharald]

Hi Britta

[@vincevicentuan5962]

Thank you for this beautiful, informative, and engaging video on one of the most intriguing and fascinating artists of modern art.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it! He was a unique artist. Cheers

[@vincevicentuan5962]

@@ArtHistorySchool I am using this for my college Art Appreciation class, may I? My featured artists for this week are Frida Kahlo and Francis Bacon. Thanks a lot for this great vid.

[@jennyhughes4474]

Thank you for this - I often watch your vids when having my lunch!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's wonderful. Cheers

[@marichristian1072]

I would see Francis Bacon in and around the Marlborough Gallery in the 1970's always with friend. He was a haunted man whose S&M escapades were well known.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, that's interesting. Cheers

[@ebearscanada1302]

Amazing artist...we all are just dust in the wind

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He certainly was a great artist.

[@LeeLCheer]

Loved the video, I really enjoyed learning more about Francis Bacon, such a great artist! Will you ever do a video on Degas? One of my favorite artists :)

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He's on the list

[@adao7310]

What a work! Congrats for making this video. It's awesome.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thanks a lot! Cheers

[@davidrobinson9507]

I did really enjoy this lesson on Francis Bacon. Thank you. I've always been perplexed and fascinated by his work. As a painter, I can't help but wonder; if Bacon came up with his unique style and way of presenting imagery and anatomy and reality in an authentic way, then what should my work look like? Surely we can't just copy people we really like. That won't do. But where I see Bacon jumping ahead was in his viewing of Picasso. And what influence was Graham Sutherland? And is this kind of distortion now over with? Have David Lynch's films had the last word on this kind of thing? I guess, being in pretty good health and in my sixties I should just plod along. Maybe I'll see something emerge that looks really original. Maybe I lack objectivity. Generally, Francis Bacon completely blows my mind. I think he lived through more, and worse hardships than I've ever known. My work of late has gotten a bit floaty, a bit hazy, maybe even interestingly strange. Maybe a relatively safe, careful life without jarring hazards or tragedies can only generate so much. Not trying to be self centered here, but I think most painters observing Bacon will inevitably ask themselves if they can ever get to a place like that. One more thing; was Dali a factor in Bacon's life? Thanks for your great material. Always love watching!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Not sure Dali was an influence. I think the reason Bacon worked as he did is, was as you say, is what he experienced in terms of the war, but perhaps more importantly, the fact that his very being was deemed illegal. Even his father resented him. In those circumstances you either accept your lot or fight it. He fought, lived on the edge, he took risks, he didn't compromise, not matter what the consequences. His art was not subject to self censorship, as a result he pushed the boundaries to the extremes, both in subject matter and technique.

[@davidrobinson9507]

@@ArtHistorySchool thank you so much for your thoughtful response. I feel like I'm really getting somewhere!

[@iangallager4091]

Very informative and well presented. Thank you for your efforts.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are welcome

[@ClayDisarray]

What a great idea for a channel. Perfect background videos while working in the studio - cheers! 👍

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you think so! Many thanks

[@vilasbhad]

Fantastic video.. Enjoyed watching. Thank you

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@star_wars_miniatures]

Loved the video! Absolutely love Bacon and his work! I will say I’ve never heard someone pronounce Triptych like that before! It’s not pronounced with a CH sound rather than a hard C sound like “Trip-tic”

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@primitiveonpurpose]

Encore, Bravo! Just brilliant, Professor. This high school art history teacher thanks you!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I used to teach in a high school too. Many thanks

[@primitiveonpurpose]

@@ArtHistorySchool Mainly really appreciate your spot on pronunciations of artists' names. So helpful. Your talent for set design, writing, and delivery, not to mention your knowledge and expertise and how you condense it to the essentials, goes unmatched: no one is doing anything remotely like this online. You musta been a playwright in another life! Continue your longer reenactments; we're watching :) cheers!

[@StarberryPlacemats]

i really enjoyed this video, great blend of informative and enthusiastic. subscribed!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for subscribing. Cheers

[@almightyanimator2106]

These videos are Amazing! can't wait to see more of them!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you like them! Cheers

[@nagolhayze9366]

Thank you for this amazing narrative, brilliant chronology and insights into a darkly odd, dusty troubled soul.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@nagolhayze9366]

@@ArtHistorySchool it was brilliant

[@bruna.marqques]

I absolutely love every video of this channel. I love your way of telling the stories! ❤️

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Really pleased you enjoy my videos. Cheers

[@jerryseaton5239]

This has given me a much better understanding of Bacon s work . Thank You

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Great to hear! Cheers

[@tjwalkup7155]

One of my favorites

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Mine too

[@tedcamahalan]

Wow what a great story.. Thank you Sir Paul for this wonderful video.. As artist i was inspired by your educational video about art, artist and their life, contribution to the world..

[@ArtHistorySchool]

That's great, thank you glad you enjoyed the video.

[@jordangroff8978]

His best work cam e from the mid 60's - mid 70's imo.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Probably true

[@tarahutton9942]

Love your videos. I knew little about Francis Bacon until I watched this fascinating and informative video.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Many thanks, glad you enjoyed the video.

[@michaelconner1771]

How about a video on Jean Michel Basquiat, Jackson Pollock, and Julian Schnabel? Many thanks. Great stuff here!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Great suggestions. Cheers

[@nikpatel765]

Francis Bacon was good

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Certainly was.

[@classicartfoundation639]

Excellent job, that Bull Painting is a beauty, never seen that before

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you very much!

[@RjohnVoss7]

Fascinating video; I learned a lot and developed a new appreciation for Bacon’s work.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ramelep]

Your VIDEOS should not be free! Simply *EXTRAORDINARY* Bravo 👏BRAVO ...beautiful

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Wow, thank you! Cheers

[@lauraandres1182]

A true genious. My number one along with Louise Bourgeois. Great show, lots of paintings I hadn't seen yet!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it. I must admit I do love his work.

[@thomasromano2843]

Thank you for stories like this one Very well done

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@helpyourcattodrive]

thank you for the great video.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you liked it!

[@mikef2813]

Art History School rocks! Thanks for these bios.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you like them! Cheers

[@jeffm3283]

I forgot to subscribe before. Thanks for making the videos. I'll have to check out your catalog of videos actually since I want to be a professional painter.

[@jeffm3283]

"Greatest English painter since JMW Turner" maybe. I love these pieces you're showing thanks again

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you for subscribing, really pleased you enjoy my videos. Cheers

[@jimisi7424]

P.s love how you present. A well earned subscription

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you and thanks for the sub, much appreciated. Cheers

[@peterkiil6691]

I have just subscribed to your channel, and will continue to learn the things i did not know, about such fascinating and compelling artists, like this. I had not known that much about Bacon, but vaguely recall, a portion of an interview, where he described, the abuse he suffered at the hands of that ex pilot who was also his lover. I draw every day, and just about all my works are small, as, along with suffering from schizophrenia, i have had many back injuries, due to osteoporosis, i draw, while laying down. And i am quite prolific and have had some success, having sold countless pieces. My drawings are mainly done with fineliners, and fellow, felt tip, alcohol markers, and acrylic paint pens. I was born in Whyalla, South Australia, which is a steel milling town on the east coast of South Australia's Eyre Peninsula, laying on Spencer Gulf, which, ( i believe) was named after a relation of Diana Spencer!! I currently reside in Adelaide now though, and have done so since 1987. I have a strong conviction for social justice issues, and love the FIRST Australians. And in my days of drinking and drugging, i would always be attracted to them in the parklands, surrounding the c.b.d., of this town. I have always found them to be most noble of people, honest to a tee, if they see you are a genuine person, and the way they have been treated in this country is deplorable. If you did bother to read this far, i am pleased, but the main reason for this speel, is to introduce my work to you, i have well over 4000 pieces on instagram, and i go under peterkiilart I could go on, about my father, etc, ( he was Estonian, and fought for the Russians, in WW2) but i guess i have said about enough about myself. I love your videos, and especially loved your one on Chagall. One more thing, though, believe it or not, Michael Collins of Apollo eleven fame liked two of my drawings on Instagram, 50 years after the moon landing. If you are curious about which pieces, u should be able to find them on there, i have instructions on how to recognize them, in comments on there. Anyway, love art and keep producing these videos, and i would also be curious about any pieces you have done? P.S. Was Bacon, a masochist?

[@ArtHistorySchool]

I am sure he was. I might get to Australia one day. You've had an interesting life, good luck with your art work. Cheers

[@agamemnonpadar5706]

Your channel is amazing.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you so much 😀

[@andrewfrost8866]

Thank you so much, this (as all your videos are) is so enlightening!!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thank you Andrew, I'm really pleased you enjoy my videos.

[@delhiheroin]

wonderful vid - both educational and entertaining - thanks for posting! subbed

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Thanks for the sub! Glad you enjoyed the video. Cheers

[@starkr111]

My favorite artist. Don’t like most of his work but what of it that I do like I am fascinated by. He was an oddly brilliant character whose private life was perhaps even more interesting than his art. I do know that I would have loved to dine out with him and “his crew”, a group of characters that even Dickens would had a hard time dreaming up. The entire School of London were a fascinating bunch of artists, each one unique in oddly unpredictable ways. Bacon was the best of the bunch and his art confounds my expectations as often as it confirms it’s need for being.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

He was certainly a fascinating character, I think if you could have dined out with him you would have had to be able to consume a vast amount of alcohol. Cheers

[@starkr111]

@@ArtHistorySchool Undoubtedly so. He certainly got Melvin Bragg more than slightly soused.

[@enjoyeverythingskydremer3153]

Really fantastic sir.... nicely explain about the artist...thank you sir..

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome.

[@grambusz]

Thank you for another awesome video! ❤

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Cheers

[@maddydekker2751]

Thank you for educating me on this very interesting artist! I'm reading The Elegance of The Hedgehog and it mentions Bacon. I had no idea who he was.

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Very interesting character, Glad you liked the video. Cheers

[@chemokiki]

Very informative. I am a big Bacon fan. Thank you so much!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers

[@paulforsell2466]

Im bacons great nephew . He is so fascinating . I know much about him and once owned his paintings . Hopefully soon there will be a story about the same in the news.

[@paulforsell2466]

His nanny was his real mom

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You once own his paintings? Wow, you must be worth a fortune, even his minor works go for millions.

[@paulforsell2466]

@@ArtHistorySchool I lost them after getting evicted but I’m trying to relocate them just now so no I’m Homeless now but it’s ok . It’s neat to have owned them and I still have the authentication catalogue I made establishing the arts authenticity and my blood connection

[@CasparisHelena]

Thank you for the amazing video!

[@ArtHistorySchool]

You are very welcome.