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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.

You can filter the entries by publication type, and sort them by authoryear and title. You can find more information on the Francis Bacon Bibliography in our Notes for Users.

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'The culture of ugliness'

Mary Ellen Synon, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1998, English

'Returning to life'

Ciara Ferguson, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 2000, English

'Invalidity benefits'

Jeffrey Bernard, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1993, English

'Colonial bawd and Board'

Brighid McLaughlin, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1992, English

'So take a good look at my face'

Charles Darwent, The Independent on Sunday, 2005, English

'A portrait of obsession'

Clare Harris, The Scotsman,Edinburgh, 2005, English

'A kind of Boswell'

Alexi Worth, Art News, 1997, English

'A Bacon primer'

Barbara A. MacAdam, Art News, 2000, English

'Bond Street and Battersea'

Gene Baro, Arts Magazine, 1963, English

'Dissent on Francis Bacon'

Jane Harrison, Arts Magazine, 1963, English

'Francis Bacon: Triptych / Figure'

David Sylvester, Arts Magazine, 1975, English

'Group exhibition'

Barbara Cavaliere, Arts Magazine, 1978, English

'Eight figurative painters'

Jeffrey Weiss, Arts Magazine, 1982, English

'Francis Bacon: The Fifties'

Robin Stringham, Arts Magazine, 1985, English

'The Lefevre Gallery'

Maurice Collis, Time and Tide London, 1946, English

'Francis Bacon'

Eric Newton, Time and Tide London, 1951, English

'Social and Anti-Social'

Joseph Rykwert, Time and Tide London, 1953, English

'Horrors and Abstracts'

Stephen Bone, Time and Tide London, 1955, English

'Three Contemporary Artists'

Eric Newton, Time and Tide London, 1954, English

'A SCHOOL OF LONDON IN LITTLE ENGLAND'

James Hyman, Art Monthly London, 1991, English

'The Bacon Estate'

Henry Lydiate, Art Monthly London, 2002, English

'Imagination and Fantasy'

Eric Newton, Time and Tide London, 1959, English

'Recent Paintings by Francis Bacon'

Eric Newton, Time and Tide London, 1960, English

'Earth, Fire and Water portrayed'

Iris Conlay, The Catholic Herald,London, 1963, English

'Francis Bacon'

Emmanuel Cooper, Time Out London, 1989, English

'Francis Bacon'

Martin Herbert, Time Out London, 1999, English

'Bacon and ego'

Sarah Kent, Time Out London, 1997, 1998, English

'Elegantly wasted'

Sarah Kent, Time Out London, 1998, English

'Francis Bacon, Damien Hirst'

Martin Herbert, Time Out London, 2006, English

'Francis Bacon: Marlborough'

Barry Schwabsky, Flash art. International edition Milan, 1987, English

Francis Bacon talking to David Sylvester

Leonie Cohn, BBC Television,London, 1963, English

Francis Bacon: Fragments Of A Portrait

Michael Gill, BBC Television,London, 1966, English

Francis Bacon

Peter Hall, London Weekend Television London, ITV London, 1975, English

Bacon Review

Martin Harrison, Yvonne Scott, Sophie Pretorius, Gill Hedley, The Estate of Francis Bacon,London, 2023, English

Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings

Marlborough Gallery Inc New York, 1984, English

Francis Bacon: Paintings; The Fifth Anniversary Exhibition

Marlborough Fine Art Ltd,Tokyo, 1988, 1989, Japanese, English

Francis Bacon: œuvres récentes

Galerie Claude Bernard,Paris, 1977, French

Francis Bacon: Paintings 1945-1982

The National Museum of Modern Art Tokyo, 1983, Japanese, English

Francis Bacon: THREE TRIPTYCHS

Thomas Gibson Fine Art Ltd,London, 1984, English

FRANCIS BACON

Tate Liverpool,Liverpool, 1990, English

'London Commentary'

Cora J. Gordon, Studio, 1950, English