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3 hours ago · Spanish police said on Thursday they had recovered a painting by the late Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, worth an estimated €5 million ($5.42 million), and one of five ...
12 hours ago · The Spanish National Police have recovered a painting by the late artist Francis Bacon that was stolen from a banker’s Madrid home in 2015. The €5m work is one of five portraits of the Spanish entrepreneur and businessman, José Capelo, who was a friend of the artist and with whom he stayed in his apartment in the Plaza de la Encarnación de Madrid when visiting the capital.
12 hours ago · Francis Bacon’s works have achieved record amounts at auction Francis Bacon was born in Dublin in 1909 and went on to become one of the most prominent artists of his era. He was a frequent visitor to Madrid and died of a heart attack in the city in 1992, aged 82.
12 hours ago · News from Spain that a stolen painting by Francis Bacon has been recovered by the authorities. A group of pictures from the same collection had been stolen a number of years ago, with three begin recovered in 2017. This example, depicting the banker José Capelo had purportedly been valued at €5m. A history of art blog covering news stories ...
9 hours ago · MADRID - Spanish police said on Thursday they had recovered a painting by the late Irish-born British figurative artist Francis Bacon, worth an estimated 5 million euros ($5.42 million), and one of five stolen from a Madrid home in 2015. The 1989 'Study for Portrait of Jose Capelo ' is the fourth painting to be recovered of the group, estimated ...
12 hours ago · PressReader. Catalog; For You; The Guardian. Bringing home the Bacon: Spanish police recover stolen €5m painting 2024-05-24 - Sam Jones . Police in Madrid have recovered a portrait by Francis Bacon, valued at €5m (£4.3m), which was one of five works by the famously thirsty and hell-raising artist that were stolen from the home of the painting’s subject almost a decade ago.
1 day ago · The art of Francis Bacon, stolen and recovered in Madrid (photo: IANS) Spanish investigators said on Thursday, 23 May, that they have recovered a painting by British artist Francis Bacon nine years after it was stolen from a Madrid apartment. The painting, worth an estimated €5 million ($5.4 million), was found in a flat in the Spanish ...
