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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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'Francis Bacon, un bouffon magnifique'

Blaise Marcadet, L'Imbécile, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, le boucher de l'éphémère'

Rodolphe Viémont, Ring Magazine, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, le sacré et le profane'

Tessa Tristan, Art Jonction: le journal, 2004, French

'La passion du Bacon'

Claire Moulène, Les Inrockuptibles, 2004, French

'Bacon, la souffrance mise à vif'

Anne-Corinne Zimmer, La Vie, 2004, French

'Bacon, un dévot de l'athéisme'

Marilyn Beaufour, La Gazette de Nîmes, 2004, French

'L'énigme Bacon'

Yasmine Youssi, Zurban, 2004, French

'L'homme au bord de l'abîme'

Michael Peppiatt, Pratique des Arts, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, un œuvre, un cri'

Author Unknown, Le Télégramme, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, le sacré et le profane'

Author Unknown, La Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 2004, French

'Sacré peinture'

Paul Mouchel, Paris-Normandie, 2004, French

'Les damnés de Bacon'

Jean-Michel Ulmann, Impact médecine, 2004, French

'Double Bacon'

Patrick Williams, Elle, 2004, English

'The Six Loves of Francis Bacon'

James Norton, Sunday Herald, 2005, English

'The Six Loves of Francis Bacon'

James Norton, Sunday Herald, 2005, English

'Bacon Show is Summer Sizzler'

Gareth Edwards, The Evening News, 2005, English

'The Essential Oils'

Eddie Harrison, Metro, 2005, English

'Bacon is Given a Grilling'

Moira Jeffrey, The Herald, 2005, English

'Raw Power of Small Faces'

Iain Gale, Scotland on Sunday, 2005, English

'Fleshing out Francis Bacon'

Catriona Black, Sunday Herald, 2005, English

'Annäherung durch die Fotografie'

Ute Thon, Art: das Kunstmagazin, 2005, German

'Mr. Bacon and Miss Beston', The Collection of the Late Miss Valerie Beston'

Michael Peppiatt, Christie's London sale catalogue, 2006, English

'Inscape'

Rory Brennan, Books Ireland, 2006, English

'A Genius that Screams Out of the Chaos'

Ian Collins, Eastern Daily Press, 2006, English

'Francis Bacon Exhibition at the Sainsbury Centre'

Author Unknown, Norwich Evening News, 2006, English

'First Things First'

Annie Hirst, Eastern Daily Press, 2006, English

'The Legacy of Genius: Van Gogh and Francis Bacon'

Michael Peppiatt, Van Gogh and Expressionism, 2007, English

'Laboratorium malarza: kilka uwag o warsztacie Francisa Bacona' ['The painter's laboratory: some remarks on Francis Bacon's workshop']

Filip Pręgowski, Acta Universitatis Nicolai Copernici : Nauki Humanistycze i Społeczne 386: Zabytkoznawstwo i Konserwatorstwo, 2008, Polish

'Gilles Deleuze over Francis Bacon: schilderkunst als hysterie'

Tomas Geyskens, Tijdschrift voor Filosofie; Tweede Kwartaal, 2008, Dutch

'A Bad Dream Come True'

Fisun Güner, Metro, 2008, English

'Francis Bacon, Tate Britain'

John Molyneaux, Socialist Review, 2008, English

'Die innere Hölle'

Christina Tilmann, Der Tagesspiegel, 2008, German

'Francis Bacon, Tate Britain'

Frances Spalding, World of Interiors, 2008, English

'Londres'

Richard Leydier, Art Press, 2009, French

'Rare Rugs Come to Light'

Annie Riddle, Salisbury Journal, 2009, English

'Francis Bacon'

Alessandra Modiano, DasArtes, 2009, Portuguese, International

'Brush with Death'

John Richardson, Vanity Fair, 2009, English

'Slaughterhouse'

Jed Perl, New Republic, 2009, English

'Bacon Agonistes'

John Richardson, New York Review of Books, 2009, English

'Karavadzho - Bekon'

Anastasiya Mityushina, ArtChronika, 2010, Russian