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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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'Living Dangerously On and Off Canvas'

Article/Newspaper

Georgina Oliver, Paris Metro, 1977, English

'Exposition Francis Bacon: un Lautréamond visionnaire, et pictural'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Panorama du Médecin, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: le salut par la peinture'

Article/Newspaper

Gilles Plazy, Le Quotidien de Paris, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon et la joie'

Article/Newspaper

Madeleine Chapsal, L'Express, 1977, French

'Samtal med Francis Bacon: "Lidandet och orattvisan ar det som har stor konst"' ['Conversation with Francis Bacon: "Suffering and ignorance are what make great art"']

Article/Newspaper

Torsten Bergmark, Dagens Nyheter, 1977, Swedish

'Œuvres récentes de Francis Bacon: à la limite du supportable'

Review/Exhibition

Magvy Furhage, Nice Matin, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: un figuratif irrationnel'

Article/Journal

Claude Pallene, Journal de l'amateur d'art, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: un homme à vif'

Pierre Cabanne, Elle, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: le passe-entrailles'

Article/Newspaper

J. T., Le Journal Quotidien Rhône-Alpes, 1977, French

'Maledetto Bacon'

Author Unknown, Panorama, 1977, Italian

'La vision désorientée de Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Marc Le Bot, La Quinzaine Littéraire, 1977, French

'Œuvres récentes de Francis Bacon: 'peindre le cri plus que l'horreur''

Review/Exhibition

Frank Elgar, Carrefour, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: "une lucidité qui … prive de tout espoir"'

Article/Newspaper

Michel Leguenne, Rouge, 1977, French

'Tote vor dem Begräbnis: Ausstellung Francis Bacon in Paris'

Review/Exhibition

Petra Kipphoff, Die Zeit, 1977, German

Article/Journal

Jorge Lebedev, Cambio 16, 1977, Spanish

'Francis Bacon'

A. L. V., Esprit, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon: o akrivóteros synchrónos zograochos' ['Francis Bacon: The most expensive contemporary painter']

Article/Newspaper

Costas Coubetsos, Taxydromos, 1977, Greek

'"Ich habe schon vor der Geburt aufgegeben": neue Bilder von Francis Bacon [et al.]'

Review/Exhibition

Peter Iden, Frankfurter Rundschau, 1977, German

'Bacon, Picasso y la fuerza del mito'

Review/Exhibition

Miguel Logrono, Diario 16, 1977, Spanish

'Exposiciones en Madrid: Picasso y Francis Bacon, frente a frente'

Review/Exhibition

Ramon Saez, Arriba, 1977, Spanish

'Pablo Picasso y Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Maria Isabel Hernando, El Pueblo Gallego, 1977, Spanish

'La pintura del irlandes Bacon levanta olas de entusiasmo'

Review/Exhibition

Consuelo de Prat de Mantouillet, Region, 1977, Spanish

'L'avventura di Bacon: la mostra del pittore inglese in corso a Parigi'

Review/Exhibition

Vanni Bramanti, L'Unità, 1977, Italian

'Picasso y Bacon en Madrid: el publico dice !Oh!'

Review/Exhibition

Santiago Amon, Cuadernos, 1977, Spanish

'Picasso y Bacon: Eros y Thanatos'

Review/Exhibition

A. M. Campoy, ABC, 1977, Spanish

'Morbido, muerte, decadencia y angustia - Bacon: "solo pinto para mi mismo"'

Article/Newspaper

J. Saez-Angulo, Arriba, 1977, Spanish

'Pablo Picasso y Bacon: dos creadores frente a frente'

Review/Exhibition

Javier Rubi, Blanco y Negro, 1977, Spanish

'Francis Bacon, Galerie Claude Bernard'

Review/Exhibition

Patrick de Haas, Art Press International 6, 1977, English

'Acontecimiento pictorico: Picasso y Bacon, en Madrid'

Review/Exhibition

Rosa Martinez de Lahidalga, Tribuna médica, 1977, Spanish

'Francis Bacon: la recuperación del languaje pictorico'

Article/Journal

J. Corredor-Matheos, Triunfo, 1977, Spanish

'Exposiciones en Madrid'

Review/Exhibition

John Trebas, La Vanguardia, 1977, Spanish

'Bacon contra Picasso'

Review/Exhibition

José M. Moreno Galvan, Triunfo, 1977, Spanish

'Conversaciones con Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Joaquin Marco, Diario de Barcelona, 1977, Spanish

'Reflexiones ante Picasso - Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Elena Florez, El Alcázar, 1977, Spanish

'Francis Bacon, un peintre de notre temps'

Article/Newspaper

M.-D. L., L'aurore, 1977, French

'Francis Bacon, peintre-reporter'

Article/Newspaper

Gérard Humbert-Goury, Le Matin de Paris, 1977, French

'Great Bores of Today: 64'

Author Unknown, Private Eye, 1977, English

'Et après Bacon?'

Article/Journal

G. Oliver, Connaissance des arts, 1977, French

'An Expressionistic Englishman'

Article/Journal

Alfred Werne, American Artist, 1977, English

'Francis Bacon tiene la palabra: la entrevista, un vehiculo util de aproximación a su obra'

Article/Newspaper

Lluis Permanyer, La Vanguardia, 1977, Spanish

'A Glimpse of our Top Painter'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, The Evening News, 1977, English

'Francis Bacon Shocks Observer into Understanding'

Article/Newspaper

Ann Shakespeare, Daily Journal, 1978, English

'Desde abril, trenta y tre obras de Francis Bacon en Madrid: realizados durante los diez años, se expondrán en la Fundación Juan March'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, La Voz de Albacete, 1978, Spanish

'Documenta 6/Part III: Painting'

Review/Exhibition

Theodore Allen Heinrich, Artscanada, 1978, English

'Exposición de 33 obras de Bacon, en Madrid'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, El Atlántico, 1978, Spanish

'Obras de Francis Bacon en Madrid'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Hogar y Pueblo, 1978, Spanish

'Teorias de Francis Bacon sobre el arte'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, La Voz de España, 1978, Spanish

'El inferno de Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, Al Día, 1978, Spanish

'Francis Bacon: el arte como obsesión'

Article/Newspaper

Juan Manuel Bonet, La Calle, 1978, Spanish

'Desde abril, 33 obras de Francis Bacon en Madrid'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Lucha, 1978, Spanish