Edward Michael Behrens was an early patron of an artist whose lover comitted suicide in what year?
Michael Behrens (banker): Edward Michael Behrens (15 September 1911 - January 1989) was a British financier, banker, stockbroker, and restaurant and gallery owner, who became co-owner of the Ionian Bank. Michael Behrens (banker):  Through his ownership of the Hanover Gallery, he was an early patron of the artist Francis Bacon. Francis Bacon (artist): Bacon took up painting in his late 30s, having drifted as an interior decorator, "bon vivant" and gambler. Francis Bacon (artist):  Following the 1971 suicide of his lover George Dyer, his art became more sombre, inward-looking and preoccupied with the passage of time and death.
1971