In the footsteps of Francis Bacon in France

Three years after representing Great Britain at the 27th Venice Biennale, Francis Bacon arrived in Paris in 1957, where he held his first exhibition and his series of “Van Goghs” inspired by the life of the painter.

, said this artist from Dublin (1909-1992) who took up residence in the capital.

He will return there for his retrospective at the Grand Palais in 1971, when George Dyer, his lover, his confidant and his model, often represented in triptychs, committed suicide in their hotel room.

It is this strong link with France that the collection of the Monegasque businessman Majid Boustany highlights, on October 24, at Sotheby's, during Paris+ by Art Basel.

This patron of Lebanese origin created, in 2014, in the Principality, the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation, a non-profit foundation for the promotion of the work of the artist, in particular the period when he lived and worked...

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