David Sylvester(1924-2001)
- Writer
- Director
- Producer
![In an interview led by friend and art critic, David Sylvester, Francis Bacon discusses his work and the thought behind the macabre tone of his paintings. His portrayls of the human figure link him to the distorted realism of Van Gogh and Picasso. As Bacons striking art conveys, with the acceptance of death comes a passionate vitality for life, a notion dubbed by Bacon as the "brutality of fact."](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYmMzOGNjZmYtYzU0Yy00MWQyLWE5YzgtOWIyZTcyNTk1YTBkXkEyXkFqcGdeQXRyYW5zY29kZS13b3JrZmxvdw@@._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,49,500,281_.jpg)
David Sylvester was born on 21 September 1924 in Hackney, London, England, UK. He was a writer and director, known for Magritte: The False Mirror (1970), Giacometti (1966) and Francis Bacon and the Brutality of Fact (1985). He was married to Pamela Briddon. He died on 19 June 2001 in London, England, UK.