Macushla Robinson, Francis Bacon and the female nude Against the tide of art history, Bacon predominantly painted men. It may seem strange, then, to consider his paintings of women, but Bacon painted some erotically charged nude women and these paintings raise a fascinating question about how...

Discussion panel with Anthony Bond, Barbara Dawson and Andrew Durham, moderated by Mark Ledbury

Andrew Durham, Francis Bacon: his painting technique This paper will look at how Bacon developed his very idiosyncratic style of painting, the materials he used and what 'chance' and 'accident' may mean in the context of the act of painting.