Francis Bacon, a painter known for his obsession with the male figure, painted the last moments of his lover's life as he ...

Francis Bacon was one of the most renowned painters of the 20th century (not to be confused with the philosopher of the same name). Born in Ireland at the turn of the century, his work became famous ...

In a section on Francis Bacon and George Dyer, Trend highlights Three Studies for Portrait of George Dyer (1963), saying: “There is coldness here as well as desire, especially in the glassy-eyed ...

In the 1960s, British painter Francis Bacon (1909-1992) surprises a burglar and invites him to share his bed. The burglar, a working class man named George Dyer, thirty years younger than Bacon ...

The very last work in the National Portrait Gallery’s new exhibition of Francis Bacon’s portraits is like ... from an overdose of his lover George Dyer, in the bathroom of a Paris hotel ...

Artists throughout history have had their go-to muses: Dante Gabriel Rossetti had Elizabeth Siddal, Salvador Dalí had Gala Diakonova, Francis Bacon had George Dyer, and Frida Kahlo had Diego Rivera.