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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: de overzichtstentoonstelling in het Stedelijk Museum'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Nieuwe Rotterdamse Courant, 1963, Dutch

'This and That: Painter Of Angst'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, Southern Star, 1963, English

'Bacon: afschuwelijk maar fascinerend'

Review/Exhibition

G. Kruis, Trouw, 1963, Dutch

'Een gokker op de snobs en hur schijncultuur'

Review/Exhibition

Lambert Tegenbosch, De Volkskrant, 1962, Dutch

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

George Lampe, Vrij Nederland, 1963, Dutch

'De mens van nu in de spiegels van Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Algemeen Handelsblad, 1963, Dutch

'La mostra di Francis Bacon a Torino'

Review/Exhibition

S. M., La Biennale, 1963, Italian

'One Sign of Vigour: British Painting in the Sixties'

Article/Newspaper

Alan Bowness, Town, 1963, English

'Zij en wij: Bacon en Moore bij Londens Marlborough'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Haagse Post, 1963, Dutch

'Grunts from the Underworld'

Article/Journal

John Richardson, Show, 1963, English

'The Art of Francis Bacon: Utterly Defeated Flesh'

Article/Newspaper

Emily Genauer, New York Herald Tribune, 1963, English

'Figures Do the Twist in Bacon's Realism'

Article/Newspaper

L. E. Levick, New York Journal American, 1963, English

'Man, the Accident'

Article/Journal

Author Unknown, Newsweek, 1963, English

'In the Art Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Irving Sandler, New York Post, 1963, English

'The Object of Art'

Article/Journal

Georgine Oeri, Quadrum, 1964, English

'Some Notes on Painting in Britain'

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Jasia Reichardt, Cambridge Opinion, 1964, English

'From a Conversation with Francis Bacon'

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Michael Peppiatt, Cambridge Opinion, 1964, English

'Notes on Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Dore Ashton, Arts & Architecture, 1964, English

'He Paints Dark Side of Life'

Article/Newspaper

Edward Barry, Chicago Tribune, 1964, English

'Francis Bacon Art Exhibit Opens Today'

Review/Exhibition

Edward Barry, Chicago Tribune, 1964, English

'Bacon Excels in Mastery of Mood, Message'

Article/Newspaper

Franz Schulze, Chicago News, 1964, English

'Bacon Paintings Could Shock or Haunt Viewers'

Article/Newspaper

Richard L. Feigen, Chicago Tribune, 1964, English

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

James Geoff, Isis, 1964, English

'New Figure'

Article/Journal

J. B. Lord, Canadian Art, 1964, English

'Introduktion til nutidigt Engelsk maleri'

Article/Journal

David Thompson, Louisiana Revy, 1964, Danish

'Francis Bacon: "Man in blauw I", 1954'

Article/Journal

Author Unknown, Aanwinsten 1962-1965 series, II: Moderne schilderkunst. Bulletin Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen, 1965, Dutch

'Tragedian'

John Richardson, New York Review, 1965, English

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

John Russell, Aujourd'hui, 1965, French

'Offered for Examination'

Article/Newspaper

Griffith Williams, The Western Mail, 1965, English

'Henry Moore, Francis Bacon Compared'

Review/Exhibition

Sheldon Williams, New York Herald Tribune, 1965, English

'Majesty and Hysteria'

Article/Newspaper

Peter Stone, Jewish Chronicle, 1965, English

'Francis Bacon: This Month's Choice of a Unique Painter'

Author Unknown, Mizue, 1965, English

'Anti-Religious Art'

Article/Journal

John F. Butler, Mosaic: a Quarterly Review of Church Music, Literature & the Arts, 1965, English

'Pagine Critiche'

Article/Journal

John Rothenstein, L'Arte Moderna, 1966, Italian

'Destruction: A Factor in Contemporary Art'

Article/Journal

E. H. Turner, Canadian Art, 1966, English

'Ce que m'ont dit les peintures de Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Michel Leiris, Derrière le Mirroir, 1966, French

'Ce qu'a dit Francis Bacon à David Sylvester'

Article/Journal

David Sylvester, Derrière le Mirroir, 1966, French

'Entretien avec Michel Leiris: Bacon le peintre de la détresse'

Article/Journal

Jean Clay, Réalités, 1966, French

'L'enfer de Bacon'

Article/Journal

François Lauris, Arts, 1966, French

Review/Exhibition

Barbara Butler, Arts, 1957, English

'Tête à tête avec Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Georges Boudaille, Les Lettres Françaises, 1966, French

'L'avant-garde remarquée'

Article/Journal

Yvon Taillandier, Connaissance des arts, 1966, French

'The Recent Paintings of Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Robert Melville, Motif, 1967, English

'Il dopoguerra in Europa: tendenze della pittura realistica'

Article/Journal

Giuseppe Marchiori, L'Arte Moderna, 1967, Italian

'Francis Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Julien Alvard, Aujourd'hui, 1967, French

'Vivre à Paris'

Article/Journal

Jean-Jacques Levèque, Cimaise, 1967, French

Review/Exhibition

John Anderson, Artscanada, 1967, English

'Francis Bacon Finds a New Dimension'

Article/Newspaper

Peter Stone, Jewish Chronicle, 1967, English

'Ausstellung Francis Bacon in London'

Review/Exhibition

Robert Spira, Basler Nachrichten, 1967, German

'Francis Bacon Visits S.A.: Fanatical Self-Critic Starts World Cult'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, South African Star, 1967, English