Ergebnis für "Francis Bacon" in Europa

Personnage méconnu et pourtant central de la vie de Francis Bacon, la bien nommée Jessie Lightfoot fut celle qui le protégea toujours, de son tyran de père dans son enfance comme de ses pires excès à Londres. La tendresse de cette Nanny venue des Cornouailles contraste avec les violences que subit très tôt Bacon, et apporte une couleur inédite à la palette sulfureuse du peintre.

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