Francis Bacon: France and Monaco

British painter Francis Bacon (1909-92) was one of the most important artists of the last half of the twentieth century, his grotesque, abstract figures instantly recognizable, and wholly unforgettable. Though he was a familiar figure in the rackety corners of London’s Soho, Bacon also had deep personal and artistic ties to France and Monaco, and this book is the first to explore those at length.

The relationship began in Paris in 1927, where a teenaged Bacon saw an exhibition dedicated to ...