The Biography of Francis Bacon,one of the most important creators of the 20th century, released by Mikri Arktos publications, under the title Anatomy of an Enigma.
Francis Bacon is one of the most charismatic and enigmatic authors of the 20th century. His paintings, immediately recognizable, they still defy interpretation and fuel controversy. Bacon was also a rare figure. Generous but cruel, straightforward character but also a skilled manipulator of others, cheerful and desperate, lived a life of extreme contradictions, full of achievements and triumphs, misfortunes and personal tragedies.
Little Bear is delighted to present to art lovers the revised edition of Michael Peppiatt's excellent biography of Francis Bacon, entitled Anatomy of an Enigma translated by Spyros Tsougos, filling a bibliographic gap in the study of the work and life of the famous painter. Peppiatt uses new material entrusted to him by Bacon himself, but was not included in the first edition, and comes from their long discussions over many years, especially when the artist was working in Paris. So, we perceive in depth both the straits, personal relations of Bacon, his beliefs about art and his views on life as well as the, often, his caustic comments about his contemporaries.
"The biographer's powers of understanding and interpretation are revealed in Michael Peppiatt's account of the life and work of his friend Francis Bacon […] His account of Bacon's artistic career is confident, it is entertaining and provokes the reader's fruitful thought".
"Bacon said that in a portrait he sought to capture all the pulse of a man. This expressive portrait of him achieves the same".
David Sylvester, Independent on Sunday
Michael Peppiatt : Michael Peppiatt is a writer, art critic and historian. He graduated from the University of Cambridge 1964, and initially worked at the magazine
The Observer as art critic. He then went to Paris as an editor at Réalités magazine. He remained in the French capital until 1969, and collaborated during this time as artistic editor at Le Monde newspaper. In his mid-teens 1970, covered cultural events across Europe for The New York Times and The Financial Times while also working as a Paris correspondent for various art magazines (Art News and Art International). The 1985, o Peppiatt becomes publisher of Art International, which is reissued in Paris.
The 1994 returns to London and writes the biography of Francis Bacon (1909-1992), with whom they had been close friends for thirty years. Bacon's Biography was selected as a "Book of the Year" by the New York Times and has been translated into many languages, while it is still regarded as the most complete and definitive record of the life and work of the great painter.
Peppiatt has curated many exhibitions, mainly retrospective, around the world: of the London School, by Francis Bacon, του Alberto Giacometti, by Christian Schad and Antoni Tapies. The 2005 he was awarded a PhD by the University of Cambridge for his publications on 20th century art.
He is a member of the Society of Writers and the Royal Society of Literature.
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Translation: Spyros Tsougos
ISBN: 978-960-8104-31-0,15x21cm Bound, 512 p,L Price 31,00 euro
Editions: Little Bear. December 2011
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