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He did not make a lucrative career out of his painting. He was fairly poor... just famous. And not even that until the last few years of his life.

It says at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon_(artist) :

"By 1989 Bacon was the most expensive living artist after one of his triptychs sold at Sotheby's for over US$6 million."

And:

"He died of a heart attack on 28 April 1992, aged 82. He bequeathed his estate (then valued at £11 million) to his heir and sole legatee John Edwards."

Sounds quite lucrative to me.

That would totally prove your point if this post was about Francis Bacon. It isn't.

Oops! ;0)

Have you seen them in real life? They are much more interesting in person.

“To me they look like bits of old lace” - Francis Bacon