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Francis Bacon Bibliography

Perry Ogden, Francis Bacon's 7 Reece Mews studio, London, 1998.

© The Estate of Francis Bacon. All rights reserved. DACS 2018.

The literature on Francis Bacon is large and ever expanding. While Bacon has been vividly discussed during his lifetime, after his death the uncovering of sketches by the artist, a rediscovery of paintings previously lost or presumed destroyed, and the reconstruction of his studio in Dublin have prompted a growing number of new studies, articles and exhibitions. Francis Bacon: Catalogue Raisonné, published by The Estate of Francis Bacon in 2016 contains a comprehensive bibliography of writing on the artist, which forms the basis of the present section on francis-bacon.com. The Estate of Francis Bacon is currently in the process of digitising, editing, expanding and updating this bibliography and new entries will be uploaded on a regular basis.

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'La mano sconvolta'

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Maria Perosino, L'Indice dei Libri del Mese, 2001, Italian

'Bacon/Van Gogh: le peintre et son double'

Article/Journal

Arnault Tran, Cimaise, 2002, French

''A Clear Compositional Link': Francis Bacon's Works on Paper'

Article/Journal

Margarita Cappock, Irish Arts Review Yearbook, 2002, English

'Demythifying the Pope'

Article/Journal

Abigail Willis, Church Times, 2002, English

'Prone to Despair'

Article/Newspaper

Leslie Goodwin, Leicester Mercury, 2002, English

'Ausgrabungen im Atelier'

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Anne Dörrzapf, Art: das Kunstmagazin, 2002, German

'Sense and Sensibility'

John Rajchman, Bookforum, 2003, English

'Francis Bacon, tutto l'amaro della vita'

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Renato Diez, Arte, 2003, Italian

'Francis Bacon: páginas de carne'

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Alberto Ruiz de Samaniego, Arte y Parte, 2004, Spanish

'Reproduktionen haben besondere Nervenstränge'

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Peter Gorsen, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 2003, German

'Bacon, el hombre violento'

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Ricard Mas Peinado, La Razón, 2003, Spanish

'La imaginería subversiva de Bacon'

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N. Fontova, El Correo, 2003, Spanish

'Bacon, el efecto trastornador'

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José Marín-Medina, El Mundo, 2003, Spanish

'El IVAM bucea en la obra de Bacon y en su obsesiva y contradictoria interpretación de la fe'

Review/Exhibition

Elena Rodrigo, ABC, 2003, Spanish

'L'IVAM explora les contradiccions de l'art sacre i profà de Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Ester Pinter, Avui, 2003, Catalan

'El IVAM explora los enigmas de Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

J. B. Seguí, Levante, 2003, Spanish

'El IVAM explora las contradicciones en la obra de Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Carlos Aimeur, El Mundo, 2003, Spanish

'Dramatismo elegante de Bacon'

Article/Journal

Clara Sáez, Turia, 2003, Spanish

'Lo sagrado, según Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Salvador Enguix, La Vanguardia, 2003, Spanish

'El IVAM descubre en 45 cuadros las obsesiones y contradicciones de Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Mikel Labastida, Vida & Ocio, 2003, Spanish

'Lo sagrado y lo profano en la pintura de Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Julián H. Miranda, El Punto de las Artes, 2003, Spanish

'El fondo de Bacon'

Mikel Labastida, Vida & Ocio, 2003, Spanish

'La desfiguración de Velázquez según el descarnado filtro de Francis Bacon'

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Manuel Peris, La Estrella, 2003, Spanish

'Francis Bacon, Lo sagrado y lo profano'

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Manuela García, Arte y Libertad, 2003, Spanish

'Lo sagrado y lo profano, Francis Bacon'

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Juan Bta. Peiró, Levante, 2003, Spanish

'Los ectoplasmas carnívoros de Bacon'

Laura Revuelta, Blanco y Negro Cultural, 2003, Spanish

'Francis Bacon, La pintura de la angustia, del horror sagrado'

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Maria-Josep Balsach, La Vanguardia, 2003, Spanish

'De lo sagrado a lo profano a través de las obras del inquietante Bacon'

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M. Fernández, La Razón, 2003, Spanish

'Francis Bacon, The Logic of Sensation'

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Kristoffer Arvidsson, Konsthistorisk tidskrift, 2004, English

'Francis Bacon: quan les fronteres es dilueixen'

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Marta Font, Bonart, 2004, Catalan

'Sagrat i profà, la dualitat de Francis Bacon'

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Núria Cadenas, Temps d'Art, 2004, Catalan

'Paisatge amb rinoceront'

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Josep Ballester, Levante, 2004, Catalan

'Der Einzelgänger erweist sich als Mann unter Einfluss'

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Ralf Schlüter, Art: das Kunstmagazin, 2004, German

'Bacon et la tradition'

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Valère Bertrand, Connaissance des Arts, 2004, French

'Bacon, la estética de la trasgresión'

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Raúl Carlos Maícas, Letras Libres, 2004, Spanish

'Francis Bacon en faiseur d'images'

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Daphné Bétard, Le Journal des Arts, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon mis à nu'

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Valère Bertrand, Connaissance des Arts, 2004, French

'Bacon, nous sommes de la viande'

Barberousse, Elegy, 2004, French

'L'effrayante réalité de Bacon'

Article/Journal

Xavier de la Challe, Azart, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, sacré et profane'

Review/Exhibition

Pierre Fornerod, Ouest-France Dimanche, 2004, French

'Le bestiaire sacré de Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Marc Héneau, 20 Minutes, 2004, French

'Bacon, tourmenteur des images'

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Judit Benhamou-Huet, Les Echos week-end, 2004, French

'Les gueules cassées de Francis Bacon'

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Yasmine Youssi, Le Journal du Dimanche, 2004, French

'L'homme déchiré'

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Daphne Tesson, Le Quotidien du Médecin, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon: la violence de la passion'

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Mélanie Roero, Metro, 2004, French

'Sacrées influences'

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Olivier Cena, Télérama, 2004, French

'Dans l'atelier de Bacon'

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France Huser, Le Nouvel Observateur, 2004, French

'Bacon, ou l'énergie du désespoir'

Jean-Philippe Domecq, Marianne, 2004, French

'Bacon, le peintre'

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Roger Somville, L'Humanité, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, dans l'antre du génie'

Franck Maubert, Elle Décoration, 2004, French