Tag: John Richardson

1930s

“Feeling his way”: Francis Bacon’s modernist furniture

I’m fascinated by the modernist furniture and interiors produced by Francis Bacon before his emergence as “Bacon Agonistes”, in critic John Richardson’s memorable phrase. This occurred in 1933 with the selection of Bacon’s painting Crucifixion by Herbert Read for his 1933 survey Art Now: An Introduction To The Theory Of Modern Painting And Sculpture; tellingly, […]

January 13, 2015

Art

From the vaults: Dalí wrapping paper 1988

Reading Amanda Lear’s engaging out-of-print memoir My Life With Salvador Dalí brings back memories of a visit to the Dalí Theatre-Museum (“the largest surrealistic object in the world”) in Figueres in 1988. In the tower of the museum, the “seedy old conjuror” (per the description by John Richardson in his waspish collection of art world pen […]

March 8, 2011

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