“He’s an odd one, wonderfully tender and generous by nature, yet with curious streaks of
“He’s an odd one, wonderfully tender and generous by nature, yet with curious streaks of cruelty, especially to his friends. I think that in this portrait I managed to catch something of the fear which must underlie these contradictions in his character.” – John Deakin-Portrait of Francis Bacon, 1952 -- source link
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