Painting 1946

Francis Bacon made this painting with what looks like oil paint, and maybe some other stuff thrown in, who knows? It looks like he's really attacking the canvas, not trying to be polite or anything. I like the way he smears the paint around, especially in the background. It's like he's trying to create a sense of unease, like the whole world is melting or something. And then there's that figure in the middle, with the umbrella, who is also a carcass, and a sort of monster. It's like Bacon is saying that underneath all our fancy clothes and manners, we're all just animals, waiting to die. Bacon reminds me a little of Picasso, especially in the way he distorts the human body. But Bacon is even more extreme, more brutal. He's not afraid to show us the ugly side of life, the pain and the suffering. And in a weird way, that's what makes his paintings so powerful.