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Francis Bacon Bibliography

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

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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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'THE IMAGES OF A MASTER'

Article/Newspaper

Shusha Guppy, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine,London, 1984, English

'To ravish the eye'

Review/Publication

Richard Dorment, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2000, English

'AGONY OR ECSTASY?'

Review/Exhibition

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

'He's Art's 'Svengali''

Review/Exhibition

Pierre Jeannerat, Daily Mail,London, 1955, English

Review/Exhibition

Pierre Jeannerat, Daily Mail,London, 1963, English

'THE WORLD OF MOORE AND BACON'

Review/Exhibition

Pierre Jeannerat, Daily Mail,London, 1965, English

'Artist's brush with the grotesque'

Review/Publication

Mary Kenny, Daily Mail,London, 1984, English

'Taking Bacon to Moscow'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, Daily Mail,London, 1988, English

'Francis Bacon, shock artist, is dead'

Article/Newspaper

Daily Mail,London, 1992, English

'Art's master of the bizarre. FRANCIS BACON'

Article/Newspaper

Robin Simon, Daily Mail,London, 1992, English

'Chamber of horrors from an amoral artist'

Review/Publication

Peter Lewis, Daily Mail,London, 1993, English

The Early Work of Francis Bacon

Dissertations and Theses

David W. Boxer, Johns Hopkins University,Baltimore, 1975, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Wyndham Lewis, The Listener,London, 1949, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Wyndham Lewis, The Listener,London, 1949, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Wyndham Lewis, The Listener,London, 1950, English

'Some More London Exhibitions'

Review/Exhibition

Andrew Forge, The Listener,London, 1953, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, The Listener,London, 1952, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Quentin Bell, The Listener,London, 1954, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Article/Journal

Rosalie De Méric, The Listener,London, 1954, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Article/Journal

Quentin Bell, The Listener,London, 1954, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, The Listener,London, 1955, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Clutton-Brock, The Listener,London, 1955, English

'Round the London Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Clutton-Brock, The Listener,London, 1957, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Clutton-Brock, The Listener,London, 1959, English

'Round the London Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Clutton-Brock, The Listener,London, 1960, English

'Francis Bacon at Nottingham. STEPHEN SPENDER on an exciting modern painter'

Review/Exhibition

Stephen Spender, The Listener,London, 1961, English

'Images of Our Time. EDWARD LUCIE-SMITH on the paintings of Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Edward Lucie-Smith, The Listener,London, 1962, English

'Image and Meaning in Recent Painting'

Article/Journal

Bernard Smith, The Listener,London, 1962, English

'Moore and Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Bryan Robertson, The Listener,London, 1963, English

'Painting of the month: Francis Bacon's 'Figures in a Landscape''

Article/Journal

David Piper, The Listener,London, 1964, English

'Painting of the month: 'Seated Figure' by Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Andrew Forge, The Listener,London, 1965, English

'Round the art galleries: Two views of atrocities'

Review/Exhibition

Paul Overy, The Listener,London, 1967, English

'Francis Bacon au Grand Palais'

Review/Exhibition

Andrew Forge, The Listener,London, 1971, English

'Tearing the human image to bits – Andrew Forge, Francis Bacon and Michael Levey talk about Titian'

Article/Journal

Andrew Forge, Francis Bacon, Michael Levey, The Listener,London, 1972, English

'All flesh is meat'

Review/Publication

William Feaver, The Listener,London, 1975, English

'The limitations of despair'

Article/Journal

Paul Bailey, The Listener,London, 1977, English

'Francis Bacon: Virtuoso manipulator of paint'

Review/Publication

Richard Cork, The Listener,London, 1984, English

'Trail of the unexpected. Arena, the BBC's offbeat arts programme returns tomorrow'

Review/Publication

Hugh Herbert, The Guardian, 1984, English

'Fleshy school. Richard Cork on Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Richard Cork, The Listener,London, 1985, English

'Bustle and hustle'

Review/Publication

D. A. N. Jones, The Listener,London, 1987, English

'A TALENT FOR THE MACABRE'

Article/Journal

Frank Davis, Country Life,London, 1976, English

'PICTURES OF THE MOMENT: BRITISH PAINTING, 1952-77'

Review/Exhibition

Christopher Neve, Country Life,London, 1977, English

'TRAPPED NERVOUS SYSTEM: FRANCIS BACON'

Review/Exhibition

Christopher Neve, Country Life,London, 1985, English

'Francis Bacon: His Life and Violent Times'

Review/Publication

Paddy Kitchen, Country Life,London, 1993, English

'DUBLIN'S SLICE OF BACON'

Article/Journal

Giles Waterfield, Country Life,London, 2001, English

'Enter Bacon, With The Bacon Scream'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, The New York Times Magazine,, 1963, English

Francis Bacon: Painting, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Ben Ware, The Estate of Francis Bacon,London, Thames & Hudson,London and New York, 2019, English

'The Problem of Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Hilton Kramer, The New York Times,, 1968, English

'Time Vindicates Francis Bacon's Searing Vision'

Review/Exhibition

John Russell, The New York Times,, 1985, English

'Work by Bacon Brings $1.76 Million'

Article/Newspaper

Rita Reif, The New York Times,, 1987, English