Francis Bacon Studio, Museum in Dublin, Ireland
Studio de Francis Bacon is a reconstructed painter's studio within the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin, built to replicate the London workspace the artist used from 1961 until his death in 1992. The room is filled with his personal belongings, paint pots, books, photographs, and canvases, arranged exactly as he left them.
Bacon worked in his London studio at Reece Mews for over thirty years, until he died in 1992. The Hugh Lane Gallery acquired the entire studio in 1998 and had it transported to Dublin, where it opened to the public in 2001 after careful reconstruction.
The studio shows how Bacon worked: with torn fabrics, paint pots, photographs, and books scattered all around. Many of these objects were used directly in his paintings, giving visitors a very personal sense of his daily life as an artist.
The studio is located inside the Hugh Lane Gallery on Parnell Square North in Dublin and is easy to find once inside the building. Admission is free, and the gallery is open most days of the week except Mondays.
When the studio was moved to Dublin, every single item was catalogued, including over 7,000 objects such as dust particles and scraps of old clothing. The last unfinished painting Bacon was working on just before he died is still part of the collection today.
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