Roger Bacon Irish Artist

Francis Bacon, Irish artist Pictures flowed from his brush, A strange outpouring Goering and his Lion Cub. Man with a Monkey. Man Eating a Leg of Chicken His father had him horsewhipped by a groom Finding him dressed in his mother's underwear Sent him packing, seventeen years old To the wide world He drew the odd, the intriguing, the enthralling: Study of a Baboon Study of the Sphinx Religion, pain, death, sin were painted raw One lover beat him senseless and repeatedly He was the master of depicting angst, Pope with Owls Screaming Pope.Red Pope Crucifixions, numerous There are strange bedfellows, in his house of work Study for Portrait on Folding Bed Two Figures Lying on a Bed with Attendants Three Studies of Lucian Freud Three Studies for Portrait (Mick Jagger) Study for Portrait, Number IV (After the Life Mask of William Blake) Study for a Portrait of Van Gogh IV Three Studies of the Male Back Study for Crouching Nude Sometimes, he was a conduit for the thoughts of writers Triptych inspired by T.S Elliot's Poem Sweeney Agonistes Triptych inspired by the Oresteia of Aeschylus Bacon lived life on the edge: Gambling, drinking, on nodding terms with Criminals, and those of the fringe of society Blood on the Pavement Jet of Water squirting into the eyes oftoday's art critics