Francis Bacon And The Golden Age of Design
2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the construction of the building which houses the Albers-Honegger Donation. For this anniversary year, eac is giving design pride of place with an exhibition devoted to a little-known aspect of Francis Bacon's practice, namely the furniture he created in the early 1930s, its influences and the traces this period left throughout his career.
Bacon said that he was greatly influenced by French design. He also stated that post-Cubism, as well as the Bauhaus, had left their mark on him and had been major sources of inspiration. It was at the same time, in 1930, that the Concrete Art group was established, with principles that can be applied to other fields coming into direct contact with reality and society, such as typography, architecture and design.
At the same time, an article published in the British art magazine The Studio entitled 鈥楾he v 1930 Look in British Decoration鈥� singled out Francis Bacon's work, praising the surprisingly avant-garde nature of his interior design. His furniture was mainly influenced by the work of contemporary designers such as Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, Andr茅 Lur莽at, Robert Mallet-Stevens and also Charlotte Perriand.
The exhibition features a significant collection of Francis Bacon's works from this period, including paintings, furniture, rugs and archive documents.
As well as displaying design objects, the exhibition includes paintings by artists such as Roy De Maistre, Fernand L茅ger and Pablo Picasso so as to provide a fuller picture of the context of this period and the various influences on Bacon.
A large part of the exhibition is devoted to paintings from Fernand L茅ger's 鈥淧urist鈥� period, which are directly echoed in the geometric designs of Francis Bacon's rugs.
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2024 marks the 20th anniversary of the construction of the building which houses the Albers-Honegger Donation. For this anniversary year, eac is giving design pride of place with an exhibition devoted to a little-known aspect of Francis Bacon's practice, namely the furniture he created in the early 1930s, its influences and the traces this period left throughout his career.
Bacon said that he was greatly influenced by French design. He also stated that post-Cubism, as well as the Bauhaus, had left their mark on him and had been major sources of inspiration. It was at the same time, in 1930, that the Concrete Art group was established, with principles that can be applied to other fields coming into direct contact with reality and society, such as typography, architecture and design.
At the same time, an article published in the British art magazine The Studio entitled 鈥楾he v 1930 Look in British Decoration鈥� singled out Francis Bacon's work, praising the surprisingly avant-garde nature of his interior design. His furniture was mainly influenced by the work of contemporary designers such as Pierre Chareau, Eileen Gray, Le Corbusier, Andr茅 Lur莽at, Robert Mallet-Stevens and also Charlotte Perriand.
The exhibition features a significant collection of Francis Bacon's works from this period, including paintings, furniture, rugs and archive documents.
As well as displaying design objects, the exhibition includes paintings by artists such as Roy De Maistre, Fernand L茅ger and Pablo Picasso so as to provide a fuller picture of the context of this period and the various influences on Bacon.
A large part of the exhibition is devoted to paintings from Fernand L茅ger's 鈥淧urist鈥� period, which are directly echoed in the geometric designs of Francis Bacon's rugs.
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