Carol Jacobi

"I love this book! Brilliant biography of the... utterly fascinating artist Isabel Rawsthorne" Jennifer Higgie "Every page is gripping, fascinating, forcefully and excitingly written, and sad." Andrew Motion "Isabel Rawsthorne's life reads like a ready-made screenplay... - a poverty-stricken upbringing, world wars, espionage, affairs, addiction, politics... all set to a series of evocative cinematic backdrops. And that's before any mention...

This book explores Francis Bacon's deep connection to portraiture and how he challenged traditional definitions of the genre. From his responses to portraiture by earlier artists, to large-scale paintings memorialising lost lovers, works from private and public collections showcase Bacon's life story. As well as the artist's self-portraits, sitters include Lucian Freud, Isabel Rawsthorne and lovers Peter Lacy and George...