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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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'In honour of Van Gogh'

Review/Exhibition

John Izbicki, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1988, English

'An alien culture comes to Moscow'

Review/Exhibition

Xan Smiley, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1988, English

'Bacon's changing monsters'

Article/Newspaper

Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1989, English

'A master of destruction?'

Article/Newspaper

Peter Fuller, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1989, English

'Francis Bacon celebrates at 80 without the pomp'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1989, English

'Isabel Rawsthorne'

Article/Newspaper

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Francis Bacon dies of heart attack at 82'

Article/Newspaper

Colin Randall, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'A life between the gutter and the Ritz'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Anybody know the way to Bohemia?'

Article/Newspaper

Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Skinning the facts'

Article/Newspaper

Simon Frazer, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Homage to a slice of Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Martyn Harris, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Myth of the modern'

Article/Newspaper

Paul Johnson, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Terrible beauty or dirty mac decadence?'

Article/Newspaper

John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Hawking's hot line to the mind of God'

Review/Publication

A. N. Wilson, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Was Francis Bacon a tragic artist?'

Article/Newspaper

The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'Bacon leaves £10m to publican friend who never told him a lie'

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R. Barry O'Brien, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1992, English

'In the sewers of despair'

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David Mellor, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1993, English

'Louche life of a great painter'

Review/Publication

George Melly, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1993, English

'Hull life, low life'

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Peregrine Worsthorne, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1993, English

'Another slice of Francis Bacon'

Review/Publication

Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1993, English

'His face well suited to be on a Toby-jug'

Review/Publication

Jeffrey Bernard, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1993, English

'Papal study in madness'

Article/Newspaper

Godfrey Barker, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1994, English

'Eichmann-inspired Bacon up for sale'

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Sean O'Neill, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1995, English

'London label doesn't stick'

Review/Exhibition

John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1995, English

'Capital assets'

Review/Exhibition

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1995, English

'Screaming for the blood of Major Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'Bacon's secret face revealed for show'

Article/Newspaper

Dan Conaghan, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'A vision in the distance'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'High anxiety maybe - not high art'

Review/Exhibition

Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'David Sylvester, connoisseur of life's sweetnesses'

Review/Publication

Grey Gowrie, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'He hung himself on a hook'

Review/Exhibition

Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'The painter in pain'

Review/Publication

Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'Violent need to walk on the wild side'

Review/Publication

George Melly, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1996, English

'Adrift in the gilded squalor of life'

Review/Exhibition

John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1998, English

'Bringing home the Bacon'

Review/Publication

Alannah Weston, The Daily Telegraph Magazine,London, 1998, English

'More than a face to remember'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1998, English

'Making Bacon sizzle again'

Article/Newspaper

Rupert Christiansen, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1998, English

'Rough trade fell through the skylight'

Review/Publication

Chris Peachment, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1998, English

'Henrietta Moraes'

Article/Newspaper

The Daily Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Sketchy about the details'

Review/Exhibition

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Why he kept his methods a secret'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Ways to fix daydreams on paper'

Review/Exhibition

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Court cuts gallery's ties with Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Catherine Milner, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Bacon's final works unveiled'

Review/Exhibition

Colin Gleadell, The Daily Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'To bump up attendance, you dumb down content'

Review/Exhibition

John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 1999, English

'Gallery sued for millions over 'undervalued' Bacon paintings'

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Mick Brown, Caroline Davies, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2000, English

''Lost' masterpiece by Bacon to fetch £1.8m'

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Will Bennett, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2000, English

'A life in chaos'

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Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph Magazine,London, 2000, English

'Sensation, awe and unease. Bacon in Dublin'

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John McEwen, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 2000, English

'Through a glass darkly'

Review/Exhibition

Daniel Farson, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine,London, 1996, English