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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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'UNNERVING ART'

Article/Journal

Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times Magazine,, 1989, English

'The School of London, Mordantly Messy as Ever. The School of London: A Messy Label Sticks'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Riding, The New York Times, 1995, English

'CAPTURING THE SILENT SCREAM'

Article/Journal

Michael Peppiatt, Country Life,London, 2007, English

'A countryman in exile'

Review/Exhibition

Angus Stewart, Country Life,London, 2008, English

'Gallery Accused of Cheating Prominent Artist'

Article/Newspaper

Carol Vogel, The New York Times, 2000, English

'Chivalrous Bad Boy's Messy World'

Review/Exhibition

Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, 2008, English

'Echoing The Tones Of Francis Bacon'

Review/Publication

Roslyn Sulcas, The New York Times, 2011, English

'NO PINPOINTING'

Review/Publication

Times Literary Supplement London, 1965, English

'The screaming limit'

Review/Publication

Times Literary Supplement London, 1972, English

'Armature and alchemy'

Review/Publication

Stephen Spender, Times Literary Supplement London, 1975, English

'An interview with Francis Bacon'

David Sylvester, Times Literary Supplement London, 1980, English

'Pure presences'

Review/Publication

Colin Gordon, Times Literary Supplement London, 1982, English

'Projections of intransigence'

Review/Exhibition

Robert Melville, Times Literary Supplement London, 1985, English

'Artist on the town'

Review/Publication

Robin Simon, Times Literary Supplement London, 1993, English

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Lady Rothermere, Times Literary Supplement London, 1993, English

'Expressions of universal grief'

Review/Publication

Frances Spalding, Times Literary Supplement London, 1993, English

'Lives of the Popes'

Review/Exhibition

James Hall, Times Literary Supplement London, 1996, English

'Firing at the nervous system. Animal humanity and private violence in the work of Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Mark Hutchinson, Times Literary Supplement London, 1996, English

'Priest of a dark cult'

Review/Publication

Timothy Hyman, Times Literary Supplement London, 1997, English

Review/Publication

Jonathan Raban, Times Literary Supplement London, 1997, English

'T.S. Eliot's violence'

Article/Journal

Gabriel Josipovici, Times Literary Supplement London, 1998, English

'Think of ju-ju'

Review/Exhibition

Michael Peppiatt, Times Literary Supplement London, 1999, English

'In the face of death'

Review/Publication

John A. Walker, Times Literary Supplement London, 2000, English

'Diseases of the gums'

Review/Publication

Richard Calvocoressi, Times Literary Supplement London, 2006, English

'Human meat'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Jenkins, Times Literary Supplement London, 2008, English

'Total exposure'

Review/Exhibition

James Hall, Times Literary Supplement London, 2013, English

'With murder in mind'

Review/Publication

Peter Conrad, The Observer, 2005, English

'Face to face with Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Gaby Wood, The Observer, 2005, English

'Valerie at the gallery'

Article/Newspaper

Harriet Lane, Observer Magazine, 2006, English

'THE POWER AND THE PASSION'

Review/Exhibition

Peter Conrad, The Observer, 2008, English

'THE FAN: DAMIEN HIRST ON BACON: 'He's one of the greatest painters of all time''

Article/Newspaper

Sean O'Hagan, The Observer, 2008, English

'Saving Bacon's bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Euan Ferguson, The Observer, 2008, English

'A wayward genius and his chambers of horror'

Review/Exhibition

Laura Cumming, The Observer, 2008, English

'The first dark image of Bacon's death'

Article/Newspaper

Nick Mathiason, Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer, 2008, English

'Ouch... new ways of getting to grips with Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Peter Conrad, The Observer, 2010, English

'Portraits of the artists, by a masterly interviewer'

Review/Publication

Talitha Stevenson, The Observer, 2012, English

'Too poor to buy paint: how Bacon starved for his art'

Article/Newspaper

Dalya Alberge, The Observer, 2010, English

'Picasso and the borrowers'

Review/Exhibition

Laura Cumming, The Observer, 2012, English

'When Bacon looked to Moore for lessons'

Review/Exhibition

Dalya Alberge, The Observer, 2013, English

'Blood brothers under the skin'

Review/Exhibition

Rachel Cooke, The Observer, 2013, English

'Bacon discovery set to fetch £4m'

Article/Newspaper

Catherine Milner, The Sunday Telegraph,London, 2001, English

'A SIDE OF BACON'

Review/Exhibition

Andrew Graham-Dixon, The Sunday Telegraph Magazine,London, 2001, English

'Jock McFadyen on Francis Bacon's Two Figures (1953)'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2001, English

'Bacon's 'Michelangelo' triptych fetches a record £6m'

Article/Newspaper

Will Bennett, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2001, English

'Bacon's creative chaos'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Gayford, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2001, English

'Eggs, Bacon and jellied eels'

Article/Newspaper

Mick Brown, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2002, English

'What now for Bacon's inheritance?'

Article/Newspaper

Nigel Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2003, English

'John Edwards'

Article/Newspaper

The Daily Telegraph,London, 2003, English

'Government tries to bar export of Bacon painting'

Article/Newspaper

Nigel Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2004, English

'Bacon triptych saved from ayatollahs'

Article/Newspaper

Nigel Reynolds, The Daily Telegraph,London, 2004, English