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A visitor admires a painting by Irish born British artist Francis Bacon entitled "Two Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer 1968" at the Tate Britain gallery in London on September 9, 2008. Tate Britain's exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is a major celebration heralding the artist's centenary in 2009. Comprising around 65 paintings and covering most of the artist's career, including 13 triptychs, the exhibition brings together the most important works from each period of his life. Francis Bacon was born in 1909 in Dublin, of English parents. After working forst as an interior designer, he began to paint around 1928. He destroyed most of his early works but emerged in 1945 as a major force with his "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion". He soon secured a reputation as one of the most important artists of his generation. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
A visitor admires a painting by Irish born British artist Francis Bacon entitled "Two Studies for a Portrait of George Dyer 1968" at the Tate Britain gallery in London on September 9, 2008. Tate Britain's exhibition of the work of Francis Bacon (1909-1992) is a major celebration heralding the artist's centenary in 2009. Comprising around 65 paintings and covering most of the artist's career, including 13 triptychs, the exhibition brings together the most important works from each period of his life. Francis Bacon was born in 1909 in Dublin, of English parents. After working forst as an interior designer, he began to paint around 1928. He destroyed most of his early works but emerged in 1945 as a major force with his "Three Studies for Figures at the Base of a Crucifixion". He soon secured a reputation as one of the most important artists of his generation. AFP PHOTO/ADRIAN DENNIS (Photo credit should read ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)
A visitor admires a painting by Irish bo
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