Early Life, Family and Training Francis Bacon was born on October 28, 1909, in Dublin, Ireland. He grew up in a house in the Irish countryside, the son of a racehorse trainer. His childhood was marked by physical struggle; he was severely asthmatic, a condition that often made breathing a difficult task. He also experienced a sense of confinement during his younger years, remembering being shut in dark cupboards by a housemaid for long periods. This feeling of suffocation and the dread of family members hiding in locked rooms during the Irish revolutionary period left a lasting impression on…