Background
Davies, Hugh Marlais was born on February 12, 1948 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Came to the United States, 1956. Son of Horton Marlais and Brenda M. (Deakin) Davies.
(Francis Bacon:The Papal Portraits of 1953 explores the lo...)
Francis Bacon:The Papal Portraits of 1953 explores the longest series of paintings made by the British artist Francis Bacon. For the first time in history, the exhibition and this accompanying book brought together all eight "Study for Portrait" paintings, as well as the famous "Study after Velazquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X" from 1953. Also included are several other works from the period. An essay by Hugh M. Davies, who has written extensively about Bacon, discusses his influences and sources of imagery for this body of work. Also included is a previously unpublished interview with Bacon that Davies conducted more than 25 years ago that covers a variety of topics. The book, rounded out with a chronology and selected bibliography, marks a major step forward in the study of this vitally important and influential 20th-century master.
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(British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of the fore...)
British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of the foremost artists of the 20th century, is known for his expressive figurative paintings. Perhaps Bacon's most famous image - the so-called "screaming pope" in Study after Vel zquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1953) - became the touchstone for the longest series of paintings in his career, the Papal Portraits of 1953. In 1953 "haunted and obsessed by the image...by its perfection", Bacon sought to reinvent Vel zquez's 17th-century Portrait of Pope Innocent X (1650) in the paintings that are the focus of this book. Francis Bacon replaced the grand, official state portrait with an intimate, spontaneous "candid camera" glimpse behind the well-ordered exterior. While the Spanish master Vel zquez portayed the pope ex cathedra, Bacon captured him in camera, as if behind a closed door or through a one-way mirror. This series of eight papal portraits, painted during a period of just a few weeks in the summer of 1953, was brought together for the first time by noted Bacon scholar Hugh M. Davies for a 1999 exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, along with several other works from the same period, including Sphinx I and two Study after Vel zquez paintings from 1950. This book includes an essay by Davies, discussing the artist's influences and sources of imagery for the series, and a previously unpublished interview that Davies conducted with Bacon in 1973.
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Davies, Hugh Marlais was born on February 12, 1948 in Grahamstown, South Africa. Came to the United States, 1956. Son of Horton Marlais and Brenda M. (Deakin) Davies.
1 stepdaughter, Mackenzie Forsha Fuller. Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, Princeton University, 1970, Master of Fine Arts, 1972, Doctor of Philosophy, 1976. Director, University Gallery, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975-1983, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego (formerly Louisiana Jolla Museum Contemporary Art, ) California, 1983.
Visiting professor fine arts Amherst College, 1980-1983.
Member museum committee Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, 1981-1983. Member of advisory county department art and archeology Princeton University, 1989, panel member federal advising committee international exhibitions, 1990-1994.
Panel member Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority, Artist Selection Panel, 1990.
Director University Gallery, University Massachusetts, Amherst, 1975-1983. David C. Copley director Museum Contemporary Art (formerly La Jolla Museum Contemporary Art), San Diego, since 1983. Visiting professor fine arts Amherst College, 1980-1983.
Member advisory council department art and archeology Princeton University, since 1989, panel member federal advisory committee international exhibitions, 1990-1994. Co-curator Whitney Museum American Art Biennial, 2000.
(British artist Francis Bacon (1909-1992), one of the fore...)
(Francis Bacon:The Papal Portraits of 1953 explores the lo...)
Member American Association Museum, College Art Association, Association Art Museum Directors (trustee 1994-2001, president 1997-1998).
Children: Alexandra, Dorian. Married Lynda Forsha. 1 stepdaughter, Mackenzie Forsha Fuller.