Francis Bacon

Michael Peppiatt

Part One: 1909–44 1. Origins and Upbringing, 1909–26 2. Educated Abroad: Berlin and Paris, 1926–28 3. A Brief Apprenticeship, 1928–33 4. 'Insufficiently Surreal', 1933–39 5. A Vision Without Veils, 1939–44 Part Two: 1944–63 6. Father Figures and Crucifixions, 1944–46 7. Towards Other Shores, 1946–50 8. Hounded by Furies, 1950–54 9. Truth Told by a Lie, 1954–58 10. Recognition at Home: The Tate Retrospective, 1958–63 Part Three: 1963–92 11. 'A Brilliant Fool Like Me', 1963–69 12. All the Honours of Paris, 1969–72 13. Elegy for the Dead, 1972–75 14. 'My Exhilarated Despair', 1975–81 15. Alone in the Studio, 1981–84 16. 'The Greatest Living Painter', 1984–92