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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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Review/Exhibition

M. H. Middleton, The Spectator,London, 1954, English

'Major Occasions'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Spectator,London, 1963, English

'Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Hugh Graham, The Spectator,London, 1962, English

'A cause for celebration'

Review/Exhibition

Daniel Farson, The Spectator,London, 1985, English

'Reservations'

Article/Newspaper

Giles Auty, The Spectator,London, 1985, English

'Talking to Francis'

Article/Newspaper

Alistair Hicks, The Spectator,London, 1985, English

'Edible bacon'

Review/Exhibition

P. J. Kavanagh, The Spectator,London, 1985, English

'Invalidity benefits'

Review/Publication

Jeffrey Bernard, The Spectator,London, 1993, English

'All is seared with rough trade; bleared, smeared with toil'

Review/Publication

Alan Ross, The Spectator,London, 1993, English

'Bringing home Bacon - again'

Review/Exhibition

Jane Burton, The Art Newspaper,London, 1998, English

'Putting Bacon in the pictures'

Review/Publication

Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper,London, 1998, English

'The Francis Bacon estate: Surprise move'

Article/Newspaper

Louisa Buck, The Art Newspaper,London, 1998, English

'Why has the Tate still not claimed for its stolen Freud?'

Article/Newspaper

Martin Bailey, The Art Newspaper,London, 2009, English

'The Art Newspaper dealer interview: Gerard Faggionato. A young classic'

Article/Newspaper

Elspeth Moncrieff, The Art Newspaper,London, 1998, English

'In the New Grand Manner'

Article/Newspaper

Time,New York, 1963, English

'The Coroner's Report'

Article/Newspaper

Time,New York, 1966, English

'Prelude to Butchery'

Review/Exhibition

Time,New York, 1968, English

'Behind the Pulpit'

Review/Exhibition

Bryan Robertson, The Spectator,London, 1965, English

'Cooked up emotions'

Review/Exhibition

Edward Lucie-Smith, The Spectator,London, 1996, English

'Hiding from the glare of mortality'

Review/Publication

Richard Shone, The Spectator,London, 1996, English

'Surprise faults and virtues'

Review/Exhibition

Martin Gayford, The Spectator,London, 1998, English

'Getting to know you'

Article/Newspaper

Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator,London, 1998, English

'Screams in Paint'

Article/Newspaper

R. H., Time,New York, 1975, English

'Tragic Genius'

Review/Exhibition

Richard Lacayo, Time,New York, 2008, English

'Formal fallacy'

Review/Exhibition

Giles Auty, The Spectator,London, 1988, English

'Drink, talk and talent in the Fifties...'

Review/Publication

David Wright, The Spectator,London, 1987, English

'Queer Street'

Article/Newspaper

Jeffrey Bernard, The Spectator,London, 1983, English

'The game without rules'

Article/Newspaper

Hans Keller, The Spectator,London, 1976, English

'Figure-device'

Review/Exhibition

Bryan Robertson, The Spectator,London, 1967, English

'Convulsive'

Review/Exhibition

John McEwen, The Spectator,London, 1978, English

'Francis Bacon: Out of decay, immortality'

Article/Newspaper

Giles Auty, The Spectator,London, 1992, English

'Doodles, do not drawings make'

Review/Exhibition

Mark Glazebrook, The Spectator,London, 1999, English

'No easy answers'

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Martin Gayford, The Spectator,London, 2000, English

'A precious collection of debris'

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Patrick Skene Catling, The Spectator,London, 2001, English

'Northern lights'

Review/Exhibition

Mark Glazebrook, The Spectator,London, 2005, English

'Heaven and hell'

Review/Exhibition

Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator,London, 2006, English

'Anything goes'

Review/Exhibition

Andrew Lambirth, The Spectator,London, 2011, English

'Best Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Sheldon Williams, The Spectator,London, 1971, English

'Our Bodies, Our Hells'

Review/Exhibition

Edward Phillips, The Washington Post,Washington, 1989, English

'Bacon's Sublime Screams'

Review/Exhibition

Paul Richard, The Washington Post,Washington, 1989, English

'Bacon makes a modest move'

Article/Newspaper

Daily Express,London, 1976, English

'Bacon the low-life art genius dies'

Article/Newspaper

Patrick Hennessy, Daily Express,London, 1992, English

'Francis Bacon And His Art: Mirrors Of a Horrific Life'

Review/Exhibition

Paul Richard, The Washington Post,Washington, 1975, English

'Notes on Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Lawrence Alloway, Art News and Review,London, 1955, English

Review/Exhibition

Lawrence Alloway, Art News and Review,London, 1955, English

'THE BACONIAN VAN GOGH'

Review/Exhibition

James Burr, Art News and Review,London, 1957, English

'FRANCIS BACON AND ROBIN IRONSIDE'

Review/Exhibition

Pierre Rouve, Art News and Review,London, 1949, English

'PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST No. 139'

Article/Journal

Art News and Review,London, 1954, English

'Mostly Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Bernard Boles, Art News and Review,London, 1954, English

'LONDON - PARIS'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, Art News and Review,London, 1950, English