Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion c. 1944

Francis Bacon was born on 28 October 1909 - 28 April 1992, Francis Bacon was an Irish-born British Figurative painter known for his bold, graphic and emotionally raw imagery. His painterly but abstracted figures typically appear isolated in glass or steel geometrical cages, set against flat, nondescript backgrounds.

Bacon began painting during his early 20's and worked only sporadically until his mid-30s. Unsure of his ability as a painter, he drifted and earned his living as an interior decorator and the designer of furniture, rugs and bathroom tiles. Later, he admitted that his career was delayed because he had spent too long looking for a subject that would sustain his interest. His breakthrough came with the 1944 triptych Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion which sealed his reputation as a uniquely bleak chronicler of the human condition.

Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion c. 1944 as titled above, painted by Francis in London, it is an abstract painting, painted with oil paint on Sundeala fibre boards, measuring 116.2 x 96 x 8 cm

Colours in this art piece represent the mood, and meaning behind it, the red and orange background represents how shockingly disturbing it was what humans have done to other humans in the World War II, the disfigured creatures in the painting look devastated and broke, angry, they are screaming for help, one image, this powerful can show a lot about the war, how shocking it was, how badly people/animals suffered.

Francis Bacon's painting, this particular one makes me shocked about the meaning of this image he painted, because the meaning behind it is very disturbing and unpleasant, imagining people how they suffered and died.

Overall I love this piece, it's so powerful, the whole point of this is to make people realise how horrible and selfish they were to each other between World War I and World War II.