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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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'Bringing Home the Bacon'

Trevor Johnston, Time Out, 1998, English

'Exploring the Regions of Horror'

Article/Newspaper

Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 1970, English

'Tate Brings Home the Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Edward Gage, The Scotsman, 1985, English

'Out on his Own From the Start'

Article/Newspaper

Emilio Cola, The Scotsman, 1989, English

'London Calling'

Review/Exhibition

Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, 1995, English

'Francis Bacon "Tax Return" Painting Goes On View'

Article/Newspaper

Joe Quinn, The Scotsman, 1995, English

'Signposter on the Way of All Flesh: Francis Bacon's Honesty Makes Him the Rembrandt of Our Age'

Article/Newspaper

Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, 1998, English

'Gallery Celebrates Treat from Jam Dynasty'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, The Scotsman, 1998, English

'A Secret Side of Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Mark Irving, The Scotsman, 1998, English

'Power of Humanity Abides in Bacon's Portraits'

Article/Newspaper

Duncan Macmillan, The Scotsman, 2005, English

'British Artists Teach French a Lesson'

Article/Newspaper

Paul Levy, The Wall Street Journal, 1996, English

'The Gallery: From Bonnard to Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Paul Levy, The Wall Street Journal, 1998, English

'Dublin, The Francis Bacon Studio'

Article/Newspaper

Debra Marks, The Wall Street Journal, 2001, English

'A Histrionic Horror Show'

Review/Exhibition

Lance Esplund, The Wall Street Journal, 2009, English

'Showing the Skull Beneath the Skin'

Article/Newspaper

Paul Levy, The Wall Street Journal, 2013, English

'The Gallery: Another 'Genius' on Parade'

Review/Exhibition

Roger Kimball, The Wall Street Journal, 1989, English

'Bacon - Freud': The Venom of the Century'

Review/Exhibition

Judy Fayard, The Wall Street Journal, 1995, English

'Un peintre criant de vérité'

Article/Newspaper

Michel Conil-Lacoste, Le Monde, 1966, French

'Francis Bacon: le paradoxe du tragique et du suave'

Article/Newspaper

Michel Conil-Lacoste, Le Monde, 1971, French

'La possibilité d'un portrait: entretien avec un portraitiste de l'inimaginable'

Article/Newspaper

Jacques Michel, Le Monde, 1971, French

'Francis Bacon au Metropolitan Museum de New-York'

Review/Exhibition

Michael Peppiatt, Le Monde, 1975, French

'Les métaphores de Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Jacques Michel, Le Monde, 1976, French

'Le vautour et le garrot: expositions Bacon et Gafgen'

Review/Exhibition

André Fernigier, Le Monde, 1977, French

'La peinture enflamme l'écriture: un livre de Gilles Deleuze sur Francis Bacon'

Review/Publication

Hervé Guibert, Le Monde, 1981, French

'Le regard philosophique'

Article/Newspaper

Hervé Guibert, Le Monde, 2008, French

'Francis Bacon vu par Michel Leiris'

Article/Newspaper

Geneviève Breerette, Le Monde, 1983, French

'Le parti pris de réalité'

Article/Newspaper

Jacques Michel, Le Monde, 1984, French

'Le peintre de l'homme'

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1987, French

'Un entretien avec Francis Bacon: 'Je suis un peintre réaliste''

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1987, French

'Les mystères de la création'

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 2008, French

'La peinture impitoyable'

Article/Newspaper

Geneviève Breerette, Le Monde, 1992, French

'Le théâtre de la cruauté: la mort de Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1992, French

'Un entretien inédit avec Francis Bacon: un désastre se prépare'

Article/Newspaper

Jean Clair, Le Monde, 1992, French

'Trois portraits d'un portraitiste'

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1994, French

'Bacon et Freud, peintres de la chair et de la douleur'

Review/Exhibition

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1995, French

'Francis Bacon, la chair d'histoire'

Article/Newspaper

Philippe Dagen, Le Monde, 1996, French

'Bacon, la violence du vrai'

Josyane Savigneau, Le Monde des Livres, 1996, French

'Les aveux de la chair'

Francis Marmonde, Le Monde des Livres, 1996, French

'Kundera et le 'désespoir joyeux''

Josyane Savigneau, Le Monde des Livres, 1996, French

'Francis Bacon en face et rien que cela'

Jacques Henric, Le Monde des Livres, 1996, French

'"Une extrême liberté"'

Philippe Sollers, Le Monde des Livres, 1996, French

'De Cézanne à Bacon, le nu mis à nu à la Fondation Maeght'

Review/Exhibition

Geneviève Breerette, Le Monde, 2000, French

'Des papes, des morts et des autoportraits en série'

Article/Newspaper

Harry Bellet, Le Monde, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, la chair de la peinture'

Article/Newspaper

Harry Bellet, Le Monde, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon: Ô, homme, carcasse virtuelle!'

Article/Newspaper

Emmanuelle Lequeux, Le Monde, 2004, French

'Paris Homage to Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Michael Peppiatt, RA Magazine, 1996, English

'Singular Visions'

Article/Journal

Judith Bumpus, RA Magazine, 1996, English

'In Search of the Real Bacon'

Article/Journal

Paul Bailey, RA Magazine, 1999, English

'Another Side of Bacon'

Article/Journal

Michael Peppiatt, RA Magazine, 2005, English

'Brothers Under the Skin'

Article/Journal

Simon Wilson, RA Magazine, 2013, English