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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 1909-1992 and Henry Moore 1898-1986

Olympia Fine Art and Antiques Fair,Olympia, 1996, English

A ILHA DO TESOURO - TREASURE ISLAND

Centro de Arte Moderna, José de Azeredo Perdigão, Fundacão Calouste Gulbenkian,Lisbon, 1997, Portuguese, Portugal

Isabel Rawsthorne 1912-1992: Paintings, Drawings and Designs

The Mercer Art Gallery,Harrogate, The October Gallery London, 1997, English

SCHOOL OF LONDON

Kunsthaus,Vienna, 1999, German, English

CLASSICS OF MODERN ART

Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Art,Andros, 1999, English

À REBOURS: LA REBELIÓN INFORMALISTA - THE INFORMAL REBELLION [1939 - 1968]

Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno Las Palmas,Las Palmas, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Madrid, 1999, Spanish

Ich ist etwas Anderes: Kunst am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts

Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen,Düsseldorf, Dumont,Cologne, 2000, German

Modern Art despite Modernism

Museum of Modern Art,New York, 2000, English

Collection Delubac: from Picasso to Bacon

Fundaçao Centro cultural de Belém,Belém, 2001, English

A Bigger Splash: Arte Britânica da Tate 1960-2003

Paço Imperial,Rio de Janeiro, Pavilhão Lucas Norgueira Garcez-Oca/ Instituto Tomie Ohtake,São Paolo, 2003, Portuguese, International, English

ESCUELA DE LONDRES

Marlborough Galería Madrid, 2003, Spanish

IL NUDO: FRA IDEALE E REALTÀ

Galleria d'Arte Moderna,Bologna, 2004, Italian

LA CREAZIONE ANSIOSA da Picasso a Bacon

Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea / Palazzo Forti Verona, 2003, Italian

Faces in the crowd: Picturing modern life from Manet to today = Volti nella folla: Immagini della vita moderna da Manet a oggi

Whitechapel Gallery,London, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'Arte Contemporanea,Turin, 2004, English, Italian

A Summer Exhibition

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd,London, 2006, English

THE MIRROR & THE MASK: PORTRAITURE IN THE AGE OF PICASSO

Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza y Fundación Caja,Madrid, Kimbell Art Museum,Fort Worth, 2007, English

The Simon Sainsbury Bequest to Tate and the National Gallery

Tate Publishing,London, The National Gallery,London, 2008, English

TRACES DU SACRÉ

Centre Georges Pompidou,Paris, 2008, French

Paint Made Flesh

Mark W. Scala, Frist Center for the Visual Arts,Nashville, 2009, English

LE CORPS - IMAGE AU XXe SIÈCLE

FAGE éditions Lyon, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon,Lyon, 2010, French

PORTRAITS: COLLECTIONS DU CENTRE POMPIDOU

Fondation Pierre Gianadda,Martigny, 2012, French

20th Century Masters: The Human Figure

Standard Bank Gallery,Johannesburg, 2012, English

RETRATOS: OBRAS MAESTRAS, CENTRE POMPIDOU

Fundación Mapfre, Salas de exposiciones recoletos Madrid, Centre Georges Pompidou,Paris, 2012, Spanish