Zoe Prichard
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Francis Bacon, Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion, c.1944, oil on boards, 94 x 73.7 cm each, Tate Britain, London. Source
Usually, the figures positioned at the base of a crucifixion scene are identified as saints; Bacon’s three contorted forms are surreal and beastlike, in contrast to this tradition. According to the Tate, the artist referred to the furies of the underworld in Greek mythology, the Eumenides, as inspiration for his Three Studies.
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(via prettysickly)
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