A life in art: Francis Bacon

'Gory detritus of paint cans and pigment' ... Francis Bacon in his studio in 1980 Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

A poultry page from a 1980 Conran cookbook Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

Left panel of Triptych, 1981-2, echoes the Conran cookbook Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

'These photographic fragments are part of Bacon himself' ... a review of dancer Marcia Haydée from 1978 Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

Muriel Belcher at the Soho drinking club Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

Sphinx: Portrait Of Muriel Belcher 1979 inspired by Haydée Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

Images of classical sculpture fuelled Bacon's imagination for works such as Triptych 1973 of his lover George Dyer, painted only months before Dyer's suicide Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS

Michaelangelo's Samson and Two Philistines Photograph: The Estate of Francis Bacon/DACS