Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists at once measured and impassioned

at once measured and impassioned

Out of print for over 15 years

Cambodian sculptures

Nicola Gordon Bowe has restored Wilhelmina Geddes to a central place in the Arts and Crafts movement

to remind us of the beauty and diversity of Irish nature to be found along the Irish riverbank

Francis Bacon’s Nanny women artists at once measured and impassionedAt the very centre of the life of one of the twentieth centurys greatest artists was the most unexpected of life long influences. The aptly named Jessie Lightfoot shielded the young Francis Bacon from the brutish violence of his bullying father, as well as from his worst self immolating excesses later in life. The tenderness, wit and warmth of this inimitable Nanny stands in illuminating relief to the sulphurous palette that defined Bacons work.