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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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'An Establishment man in Bacon's bohemia'

Review/Publication

Evening Standard,London, 1993, English

'picture this: FRANCIS BACON: THREE STUDIES FOR FIGURES AT THE BASE OF A CRUCIFIXION'

Article/Newspaper

Brian Sewell, Evening Standard,London, 1998, English

'Record £6 million for Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Susan Moore, Evening Standard,London, 2001, English

'Rare Bacon is set to fetch £6m'

Article/Newspaper

Louise Jury, Evening Standard,London, 2009, English

'The first'

Article/Newspaper

Helen Lessore, Evening Standard,London, 1977, English

'Soho revisited'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, London Evening Standard,London, 1987, English

'Bringing home the Bacon. Major work returns from exile in Iran'

Article/Newspaper

Luke Leitch, Evening Standard,London, 2004, English

'Genius of the Big Two'

Article/Newspaper

Donald Gomery, Daily Mirror,London, 1976, English

'Critical side of Bacon upsets a painter'

Article/Newspaper

Peter Tory, Daily Mirror,London, 1983, English

'SPINE CHILLER PAINTER IS SUED'

Article/Newspaper

John Rydon, Daily Express,London, 1958, English

'Survivors'

Review/Exhibition

Time,New York, 1949, English

'"Distort into Reality"'

Review/Exhibition

Time,New York, 1962, English

'This genius in the shadows'

Review/Exhibition

Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1985, English

'Snapshots from Hell'

Review/Exhibition

Time,New York, 1953, English

'The funny genius who painted with pain'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1992, English

'Shocked by the sins of a genius. Slice of Bacon's Champagne life'

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Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1993, English

'Three rashers of Bacon and a Freud egg'

Review/Exhibition

Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1993, English

'A light touch at the heart of darkness'

Review/Exhibition

Philip Hensher, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1998, English

'Bacon's lost his sizzle'

Review/Exhibition

Philip Hensher, The Mail on Sunday,London, 2008, English

'The Brit pack'

Review/Exhibition

Philip Hensher, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1996, English

'The old master of chaos'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1991, English

'Bacon portrait of lover to be shown for first time in 46 years'

Article/Newspaper

Louise Jury, Evening Standard,London, 2014, English

'Bacon portrait brings home £13m'

Article/Newspaper

Louise Jury, Evening Standard,London, 2013, English

'A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE'

Review/Exhibition

Ben Luke, Evening Standard,London, 2011, English

'Bacon's screaming Pope helps Sotheby's set £236m record'

Article/Newspaper

Tom Teodorczuk, Evening Standard,London, 2012, English

'Bacon painting sells for £18m as art buyers chase gritty Britons'

Article/Newspaper

Godfrey Barker, Louise Jury, Evening Standard,London, 2011, English

'Francis Bacon: Last thoughts and last work'

Article/Newspaper

Jean Clair, The Art Newspaper,London, 1992, English

'Villa Malpensata, Lugano: Bacon exhibition includes work he tried to destroy'

Review/Exhibition

Roger Bevan, The Art Newspaper,London, 1993, English

'Venice: That famous light on Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Roger Bevan, The Art Newspaper,London, 1993, English

'"He could be found in the gutter or The Ritz and was at home in both"'

Article/Newspaper

Daniel Farson, The Mail on Sunday,London, 1993, English

'The Estate of Francis Bacon drops legal action against Marlborough'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper,London, 2002, English

'Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris: Bacon by daylight'

Review/Exhibition

Roger Bevan, The Art Newspaper,London, 1996, English

'Bacon at last meets the pope'

Review/Exhibition

R. B., The Art Newspaper,London, 1996, English

'Lives of the artists: Small revelations'

Review/Publication

James Malpas, The Art Newspaper,London, 1997, English

'Bacon's many sources do not explain his works'

Review/Publication

Martin Harrison, The Art Newspaper,London, 2006, English

'Francis Bacon: I painted to be loved'

Article/Newspaper

Francis Giacobetti, The Art Newspaper,London, 2003, English

'Resurrecting a lost Bohemia'

Review/Publication

Bryan Robertson, The Art Newspaper,London, 1993, English

'The sudden experience of eye-opening words'

Review/Publication

Beate Perrey, The Art Newspaper,London, 2001, English

'A story of friends disuniting'

Review/Publication

Martin Harrison, The Art Newspaper,London, 2005, English

'Francis Bacon's passion for the camera'

Review/Publication

Richard Calvocoressi, The Art Newspaper,London, 2005, English

'Roman Abramovich brings home the $86.3m Bacon and the $33.6m Freud'

Article/Newspaper

Cristina Ruiz, Sarah Thornton, The Art Newspaper,London, 2008, English

'Bacon show for Zhukova and Abramovich'

Article/Newspaper

Sarah Thornton, The Art Newspaper,London, 2008, English

'Francis Bacon claims his place at the top of the market'

Article/Newspaper

Sarah Thornton, The Art Newspaper,London, 2008, English

'Moore made Bacon sizzle'

Review/Exhibition

Ben Luke, The Art Newspaper,London, 2013, English

'Bacon estate says lover's brother sold fakes'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper,London, 2013, English

'Out of the Black Hole'

Review/Exhibition

Robert Hughes, Time,New York, 1971, English

'Singing Within the Bloody Wood'

Review/Exhibition

Robert Hughes, Time,New York, 1985, English

Review/Exhibition

Michael Ayrton, The Spectator,London, 1945, English

'Old Surrealism and New Realism'

Review/Exhibition

M. H. Middleton, The Spectator,London, 1953, English

'Bacon v. van Gogh'

Review/Exhibition

Basil Taylor, The Spectator,London, 1957, English