Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard exhibition opens at Ordovas Gallery in London, Monday April 12, 2021. The exhibition explores the friendship between Francis Bacon (1909–1992) and his long-time friend and muse, the artist Peter Beard (1938–2020) who, despite working on different sides of the world, shared deeply similar personal and creative passions. Peter Beard first met Francis Bacon in 1967, at his exhibition at the Marlborough New London Gallery. The two became friends and admirers of each other’s work and served as one another’s subjects on many occasions over the years.

Organized in collaboration with the Ordovas Gallery, the exhibition is intended as a celebration of Peter Beard’s life. Works from the period of the two artists’ friendship will be shown side by side for the first time, along with unseen materials from Peter Beard’s archives including letters and photographs gifted to Francis Bacon, and, most importantly, Peter Beard’s diaries, which served as the genesis for his art.

See more at Ordovasart.com here.