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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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'Francis Bacon, le grand sorcier de la peinture: aujourd'hui s'ouvre à Marseille l'exposition des toiles récentes d'un artiste singulier'

Review/Exhibition

Paul Catzeflis, Le Figaro, 1976, French

'Francis Bacon: grandeur et solitude'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1976, French

'Bacon: craintes et tremblements'

Article/Newspaper

Pierre Mazars, Le Figaro, 1977, French

'Aujourd'hui a 18 heures sur Antenne 2: Bacon, la volupté de l'inquiétude'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1977, French

'Les grands anglais: deux siècles de peinture britannique présentés au mai de Bordeaux'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Le Figaro, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: le grand instinct'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1984, French

'L'univers de Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Jean Calme, Le Figaro, 1984, French

'Francis Bacon: 75 ans, peintre scandaleux et génial'

Article/Magazine

Véronique Prat, Le Figaro Magazine, 1985, French

'Francis Bacon, 78 ans, peintre scandaleux e génial'

Véronique Prat, Le Figaro Magazine, 1987, French

'Francis Bacon: l'obsession de la chair éclatée'

Article/Newspaper

Jeanine Warnod, Le Figaro, 1990, French

'Francis Bacon, la terreur d'être'

Article/Newspaper

Alain Bosquet, Le Figaro, 1992, French

'Picasso crucifié'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1993, French

'Francis Bacon, scandaleux et genial'

Véronique Prat, Le Figaro Magazine, 1993, French

'Les peaux de chagrin'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1995, French

'Bacon, sulfureux et génial'

Véronique Prat, Le Figaro Magazine, 1996, French

'Francis Bacon: le chagrin sans la pitié'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1996, French

'Le peintre qui fascinait les écrivains'

Article/Newspaper

Michel Nurisdany, Le Figaro, 1996, French

'L'art de forcer les serrures'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1998, French

'Les mystérieux Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Jean-Marie Tasset, Le Figaro, 1999, French

'Francis Bacon, haute tension sous influence'

Article/Newspaper

Marie-Guy Baron, Le Figaro, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, voyage au bout de la nuit'

Véronique Prat, Le Figaro Magazine, 2004, French

'Francis Bacon, portraitiste ravageur'

Article/Newspaper

Pierre Marcabru, Le Figaro, 2004, French

'Bacon, les pleurs du mal'

Article/Newspaper

Michel Archimbaud, Le Figaro, 2004, French

'Entretiens avec Francis Bacon 1963-89'

Article/Magazine

Michael Peppiatt, L'Échoppe, 1998, French

'Mr. Bacon and Miss Beston'

Michael Peppiatt, Christie's London sale catalogue, 2006, English

'All the Pulsations of a Person: Francis Bacon's Portraits and Self-Portraits'

Michael Peppiatt, Christie's London sale catalogue, 2006, English

'Attractive Labour-Saving Devices Make Modern Woman Kitchen Conscious'

D. Todd, Sphere, 1933, English

'Nonsense Art'

Author Unknown, Referee, 1937, English

'Letter from London'

Review/Exhibition

Patrick Heron, Magazine of Art, 1948, English

'Round the Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Denys Sutton, The Month, 1950, English

'The Portrayal of Evil'

Iain Hamilton, Public Opinion, 1950, English

'English Painting in the Fifties'

Article/Journal

Stephen Spender, New Republic, 1954, English

'The Visual Image: An Apocalyptic Loose in the ICA'

Kenneth Coutts-Smith, London Broadsheet, 1955, English

'Contemporary British Painting'

Robert Melville, Mizue, 1955, English

'A Return to Europe'

Article/Journal

Joe Plaskett, Canadian Art, 1955, English

'A Disquieting Nude by Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Virginia Harriman, Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts, 1956, English

'At the Tate Gallery'

Review/Exhibition

David Sylvester, Encounter, 1956, English

'The Quality of English Painting'

Article/Journal

Basil Taylor, Arts, 1956, English

'Additions to the Room of Contemporary Art: New Talents in Britain: "Man with Dog" by Francis Bacon, "Still Life" by William Scott'

Article/Journal

Elizabeth M. Smith, Gallery Notes, 1956, English

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Author Unknown, Current Biography Yearbook, 1957, English

'Art and Artists: Trio from Britain'

Article/Newspaper

Yvonne Hagen, New York Herald Tribune, 1957, English

'The Horrific World of a Handsome Man'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, Star, 1960, English

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Stephen Spender, Quadrum, 1961, English

'Nightmare'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, Northern Echo, 1962, English

'Francis Bacon at the Tate'

Review/Exhibition

C. R. Cammell, New Daily, 1962, English

'Developments in Style V: Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Jasia Reichardt, London Magazine, 1962, English

'A Kafka of the Brush'

Review/Exhibition

Peter Stone, Jewish Chronicle, 1962, English

'In the Flesh and Spirit'

Article/Newspaper

Geoffrey Watkins, The Western Mail, 1962, English

'Francis Bacon: Tate Gallery Tribute'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Pakistan Times, 1962, English

'Reviews of Some Current Art Shows'

Review/Exhibition

Max Chapman, What's On in London, 1962, English