Who painted “Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake)”?

“Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake)” was painted by Francis Bacon in 1955. Where to see it: Tate.

Study for Portrait II (after the Life Mask of William Blake) — Francis Bacon

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Francis Bacon: distorted, screaming figures in claustrophobic spaces, smeared flesh and dark, intense colour.

Francis Bacon (28 October 1909 – 28 April 1992) was an Irish-born British figurative painter known for his raw, unsettling imagery. Focusing on the human form, his subjects included crucifixions, portraits of popes, self-portraits, and portraits of close friends, with abstracted figures sometimes isolated in geometrical structures. Wikipedia

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