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Considered the last big Maestro of 20th century, a comprehensive exhibition on Irish born artist Francis Bacon had been missing in Milano since 1993, a year after his death.

Born in 1909, Bacon's artwork is known for its bold, austere, and often grotesque or nightmarish imagery. The exhibition which takes off at Palazzo Reale includes about one hundred works of art coming from some of the most important international museums, some of which have never been exhibited before in Italy.

The first part of the exhibit, which will continue until the 29th of June, is dedicated to the early works of the artist, which date back to the 1930s: these already reveal all of Bacon's attraction towards figure's ambiguity and deformation. The exhibit then develops throughout the years up to the latest works such as the famous triptych dedicated to John Edwards, Bacon's partner in the last phase of his life to whom he bequeathed his entire estate (then valued at £11 million).

Edwards, in turn, donated the contents of Francis Bacon's chaotic studio in London to the Hugh Lane gallery in Dublin. Bacon's studio contents were moved and the studio carefully reconstructed in the gallery.

Ore room of Palazzo Reale is dedicated to the a photographic exhibition of Bacon's atelier in Reece Mews South Kensington in London, where he lived from 1961 to 1992.