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her, such as Latin, Greek, mythology, ancient history and geography of the ancient world. Bacon described her unconventional childhood as "absolutely delightful." Her youth was very sheltered; she was often accompanied by a governess, most of which she hated. The only time she really had freedom from this life was when her family was living in Nassau and her parents and grandmother were quarantined because they had contracted typhoid fever.
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Applied Design for Women but disliked it calling it, "the prissiest, silliest place that ever was." She transferred after a few weeks to the School of Fine and Applied Arts on the West Side where she took classes in illustration and life drawing. During the summer of 1914 Bacon attended Jonas Lie's landscape class in Port Jefferson, Long Island.
263:, like her early drypoints, depended upon a hard, controlling outline, filled in with shading or an obscure pattern. Bacon's pastel portraits are distinguished by their intensity of the hues, highly selective and organized palette, and visually satisfying compositions. Bacon was featured in solo shows in prominent galleries such as Stieglitz's Intimate Gallery, the
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and London. Between the ages of 9 and 11 Bacon lived with her parents in France, first in Paris and then in a house in
Picardy at Montreaux-sur-Mer. Bacon's mother did not believe in formal schooling and as a result, for most of her childhood, Bacon had tutors and studied only subjects of interest to
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and the two married on May 4, 1920. After marrying, Bacon and Brook moved to London for a year, where their daughter, Belinda, was born. When they returned, the family divided their time between
Greenwich Village and Woodstock, New York, two vibrant artist communities. In 1922 a son, Sandy, was born
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Bacon had always been interested in art and from a very young age her early artistic interests were encouraged and supported by her parents. Although Bacon started drawing when she was a year and a half old, she did not receive formal training in art until after graduating from Kent Place School. At
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The aim of a caricature is to heighten and intensify to the point of absurdity all the subject's most striking attributes; a caricature should not necessarily stop at ridiculing the features but should include in its extravagant appraisal whatever of the figure may be needed to explain the
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Bacon's parents moved frequently and would have tutors for Bacon wherever they went. The family lived in
Connecticut but spent winters in New York and in the winter of 1902 they lived in Nassau, Bahamas. They also spent time in
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