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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 his early years. His education was largely private, conducted by tutors within the home rather than in a traditional classroom. This unconventional upbringing meant he never followed the standard path of an art school apprenticeship. By the age of sixteen, the restlessness of hi…