In the 40s and 50s of the 20th century, Francis Bacon works in dark, almost black tones, including plant motifs – grass bunches, palm leaves, branches.
In his paintings he uses all available means to achieve the highest psychological intensity. It seems that such a bunch of spicy grass, but it is associated with anxiety and a broken fate and with the death of all life on Earth.
In the painting “Magdalena” Bacon depicted a bent elephant-like female figure under an umbrella, through the branches you can see the face in a hat with a mouth open in a scream. And a comical and eerie picture: a frightened something huge and stupid feral creature. About the artist they write: “Painting Bacon conveys the tragedy of existence, it is a kind of cry that has no limits and borders: a picturesque action.”
Henrietta Moraes in red by Francis Bacon 
Magdalena – Francis Bacon 
Oresteia Aeschyla by Francis Bacon 
Magdalena – Francis Bacon 
The figure in the landscape by Francis Bacon 
Triptych on the theme of TS Eliot’s poem by Francis Bacon 
Three sketches of figures at the Crucifixion by Francis Bacon 
Painting by Francis Bacon