BACON’S HOUSES – Orlando Myxx

Fascinated by Francis Bacon’s life, in 2016 I made a personal pilgrimage looking for the places in London where the artist had been living or spending his spare time.

Francis Bacon, London — 17 Queensberry Mews West, South Kensington – First studio as Interior Designer

Francis Bacon, London — 71 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea – (1933: FB moved in)

Francis Bacon, London. South Kensigton — Ebury Mews, Belgravia – De Maistre’s Studio

Francis Bacon, London, Turner — 1 Glebe Place, South Kensigton – (1937) [in the same street where painter Joseph Mallord William Turner used to live]

Francis Bacon, John Everett Millais, London — 7 Cromwell Place, South Kensington – 1943 – 1951. The house was once owned by Pre-Raphaelite painter John Everett Millais

Francis Bacon, London, South Kensington — 6 Beaufort Gardens, South Kensington (1952 – 1953)

Francis Bacon, London, Battersea — 9 Overstrand Mansions, Battersea – Prince of Wales (1955-1961)
Living with friends Peter Pollock & Paul Danquah

7 Reece Mews, South Kensington. It was a converted coach house. Here Francis Bacon lived until his death

Francis Bacon, London, Soho, The French, Pub — 49 Dean Street, Soho – The French House Pub

Francis Bacon, London, Soho — 19-21 Old Compton Street, Soho – Wheeler

Francis Bacon, London, Soho — 41 Dean Street, Soho – The Colony

Francis Bacon, Green Park, London, Ritz — The Ritz, Green Park