'Guilded Squalor'. An evaluation of Francis Bacon's 7 Reece Mews Studio

Trevor Leonard
Trinity College Dublin
Department of History of Art and Architecture
2002
BA

Subject: Painting and Architecture
Country: England and Ireland
Period: 20th Century

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This dissertation discusses the Studio of the artist Francis Bacon, originally located in Kensington, London, recently reconstructed at the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin. This study examines all aspects of the studio and its reconstruction including surrounding issues such as our understanding of an artist's studio and the history of artist's studios. The studio is placed in the context of nineteenth century artist's studios and also other studios occupied by Bacon. The dissertation gives an outline and evaluation of the Hugh Lane reconstruction project. Chapter three æA post Mortem' of the studio, discusses the detailed story of the removal of the studio from London and its reconstruction at Dublin, while the following chapter discusses the 'Placing of the Studio in a Gallery Context'. An accompanying volume includes numerous illustrations of the studio and its contents along with plans situating thestudio in the gallery space.

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'Guilded Squalor'. An evaluation of Francis Bacon's 7 Reece Mews Studio