Francis Bacon: A Chronicle of Anguish and the Human Condition Francis Bacon, born in Dublin in 1909, wasn’t merely a painter; he was a chronicler of the anxieties lurking beneath the surface of modern existence. His work, spanning nearly eight decades until his death in 1992, is instantly recognizable for its unsettling imagery – distorted figures trapped within claustrophobic spaces, faces contorted in silent screams, and bodies rend…