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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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'Snapshot of Bacon's secret love'

Ossian Ward, The Independent on Sunday, 2010, English

'Seeing double'

Charles Darwent, The Independent on Sunday, 2011, English

'Post-war artists who stuck to their guns'

Adrian Hamilton, The Independent, 2011, English

'Francis Bacon/Henry Moore: Flesh and Bone'

Michael Glover, The Independent, 2013, English

'Francis Bacon, painter driven by mortality'

Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Independent, 1992, English

'Fate of the painter's fortune is unclear'

Dalya Alberge, The Independent, 1992, English

'Bacon's first dealer'

Lisa Sainsbury, Robert Sainsbury, Stephen Spender, David Sylvester, The Independent, 1992, English

'Unimpeachable sauces'

Lynn Barber, The Independent on Sunday, 1993, English

'Francis'

Daniel Farson, The Independent, 1993, English

'The curse of the drinking classes'

Henrietta Moraes, The Independent Magazine, 1996, English

'Notes on Francis Bacon'

David Sylvester, The Independent on Sunday, 1996, English

'A brush with Bacon'

Michael Glover, The Independent, 2008, English

'Sweeney among the screaming popes'

David Sylvester, The Independent on Sunday, 1998, English

'Impressionist Highways and Byways'

T. W. Earp, Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,London, 1953, English

'Bacon Looks at Man. The Veneer is Stripped Away'

Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,London, 1960, English

'Sincerity of Francis Bacon. Rewarding show at Nottingham'

Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,London, 1961, English

'Bacon's works shock viewer. Painter with eye to realities'

Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,London, 1962, English

'Dramas in Paint'

W. G. Archer, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1962, English

'Age mirrored in Bacon's art. Distortion used to shock viewer'

Terence Mullaly, Daily Telegraph and Morning Post,London, 1963, English

'Another Look at Bacon'

Edwin Mullins, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1963, English

'Magicians of art still surprise'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1965, English

'Francis Bacon's art sums up an age'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1967, English

'Magnificent Gift'

Edwin Mullins, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1967, English

'On Matters of Taste'

Edwin Mullins, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1968, English

'Artist remanded on drugs charge'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1970, English

'£26,000 for Bacon painting'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1970, English

'Francis Bacon cleared of drugs charges'

C. A. Coughlin, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1971, English

'Francis Bacon loses plea for costs'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1971, English

'Exhibitions emphasise British prestige'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1971, English

'Bacon abroad'

Michael Shepherd, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1971, English

'Two artists with power in common'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1971, English

'£17,000 for 1956 Bacon painting'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1972, English

'Artist and the missing fan'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1975, English

'An end to nomadism?'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1976, English

'Year that belongs to Rubens'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1977, English

'Artist declines a C.H.'

Richard Holliday, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1977, English

'British Bacon'

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1983, English

'Those secret worlds'

Lawrence Gowing, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1983, English

'Just a minor master'

Terence Mullaly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1985, English

'Eye of feeling'

Michael Shepherd, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1985, English

'Bringing home Bacon'

Sean Day-Lewis, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1985, English

'Thirsty work'

Peter Lewis, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1988, English