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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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'Projektionen des eigenen Nervensystems'

Article/Journal

Susanne Lingemann, Art: das Kunstmagazin, 1990, German

'I sei eremiti della Scuola di Londra'

Article/Journal

Max Rabino, Arte, 1990, Italian

'Francis Bacon: Le hasard de l'odeur de la mort'

Article/Journal

Maurice Tourigny, Vie des arts Montréal, 1990, French

'Francis Bacon, il cantico disperato del delirio umano'

Article/Newspaper

Carmine Benincasa, Avvenire, 1990, Italian

'Bacon Show at Moma: Nasty Art by That Darling of the Smart Set'

Review/Exhibition

Hilton Kramer, The New York Observer, 1990, English

'Francis Bacon: el grito antes del horror'

Article/Newspaper

Carlos G. Santa Cecilia, Diario 16, 1990, Spanish

'Arriba a Nova York antológica del 80 aniversari de Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

R. C., Diario de Barcelona, 1990, Catalan

'El MOMA exhibe la mayor retrospectiva de Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Lluís Amiguet, La Vanguardia, 1990, Spanish

'Giving Bacon a Second Look'

Article/Newspaper

Theodore F. Wolff, Christian Science Monitor, 1990, English

'Francis Bacon: Disturbing Species of Realism'

Article/Newspaper

Jason Edward Kaufman, New York City Tribune, 1990, English

'Francis Bacon: el testigo'

Juan Manuel Bonet, Blanco y Negro, 1990, Spanish

'Le deformazioni di Bacon come expressioni della coscienza'

Article/Journal

Susanna Busnelli, Disegnare e Dipingere, 1990, Italian

'The School of London'

Article/Journal

Keith Patrick, AICARC: Bulletin of the Archives and Documentation Centers for Modern and Contemporary Art, 1991, English

'I colori della vita: incontro con Francis Bacon'

Raffaello Uboldi, Ulisse 2000, 1991, Italian

'Zeichen der Zeit?'

Article/Newspaper

Reinhard Müller-Mehlis, Bayernkurier, 1991, German

'Francis Bacon: la rappresentazione del tempo nella pittura'

Article/Journal

Max Rabino, Paragone, 1991, Italian

'Francis Bacon: dipingo la carne che grida desolata'

Article/Journal

David Sylvester, Wimbledon, 1991, Italian

'Quel brutale Mister Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Ernesto Gagliano, Tuttolibri: Supplement to La Stampa, 1991, Italian

'Francis Bacon: una vita disperata'

Article/Newspaper

Roberto Tassi, La Repubblica, 1991, Italian

'Bacon, virtuoso dell'orrore'

Article/Newspaper

Giuliano Briganti, La Repubblica, 1991, Italian

'Francis: ferita e oltraggio - viaggio nella maledizione: vita in forma d'intervista'

Article/Newspaper

Giovanni Testori, Corriere della Sera, 1991, Italian

'Bacon, violenza e libertà'

Article/Newspaper

Nico Naldini, Il Giornale, 1991, Italian

'L'oltraggio alla realtà : Francis Bacon e la sua pittura'

Article/Journal

Emilio Tadini, Linea D'Ombra, 1991, Italian

'Il corpo: uno 'studio' di Francis Bacon'

Article/Magazine

Andreina da Vita, Molloy, 1991, Italian

'I segni di un grande dolore'

Article/Newspaper

Ivo Prandlin, Il Gazzettino, 1991, Italian

'Quando la pittura è al limite dell'ossessione'

Article/Newspaper

Massimo Giacci, La Voce Repubblicana, 1991, Italian

'The New Disfiguration'

Article/Journal

Allen S. Weiss, Art & Text, 1991, English

'24 anni di parole di un grande maudit'

Article/Journal

Germana Consalvi, L'Informatore Librario, 1991, Italian

'Le portrait moderne en Grande-Bretagne: innovation et tradition'

Article/Journal

Richard Cork, Artstudio, 1991, French

'Il grumo e la pittura'

Article/Journal

Adalgisa Lugli, L'Indice dei Libri del Mese, 1991, Italian

'Grido su tela'

Article/Newspaper

Carla Rosco, Brescia Oggi, 1991, Italian

'Francis Bacon ecco il mio ritratto'

Article/Newspaper

Juan Cruz, La Repubblica, 1991, Italian

'Auroritratto di un genio'

Article/Newspaper

Juan Cruz, La Repubblica, 1992, Italian

'Schweigen über Bilder'

Juan Cruz, Das Magazin, 1992, German

'Gueule cassée: Bacon à Marseille'

Review/Exhibition

Laurent Boudier, Télérama, 1991, French

'La brutalità delle cose'

Article/Journal

Giovanni Mattio, Letture, 1991, Italian

'Francis Bacon: "Siempre soñé con pintar la sonrisa, pero no lo he conseguido nunca"'

Article/Newspaper

David Sylvester, Diario 16, 1991, Spanish

'Francis Bacon?: outsider per 'deformazione' professionale'

Article/Journal

Michele Dantini, Arte In, 1991, Italian

'La mente traccia i segni del corpo'

Article/Newspaper

Angela Vettese, Il Sole, 1991, Italian

'Alienazione ora'

Article/Journal

Giuliano Serafini, Il Terzo Occhio, 1991, Italian

'Francis Bacon: over de mens als nachtmerrie in verf'

Article/Newspaper

Riki Simons, Wereldwijd, 1991, Dutch

'Un entretien avec Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Dominique Vergnon, L'amateur d'art, 1992, French

'Spiritual Insight: Wendy Beckett Considers Francis Bacon's 'Three Figures and Portrait' as an Example of the Spiritual in Art'

Wendy Beckett, Antique Collector, 1992, English

'Bacon e i suoi fratelli: gli estremisti del colore'

Vittorio Sgarbi, L'Europeo, 1991, Italian

'Bacon, Freud, Auerbach: ecco la figura all'inglese: a Firenze un panorama di "outsider" in sessanta tele'

Review/Exhibition

Maurizia Tazartes, La Stampa, 1991, Italian

'Nella tana di Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Costanzo Costantini, Il Messaggero, 1991, Italian

'Straneri a Firenze'

Article/Newspaper

Marina Causa Picone, Il Mattino, 1991, Italian

'La sfigurazione dell'outsider'

Article/Newspaper

Maurizio Cecchetti, Avvenire, 1991, Italian

'Una rabbia tutta inglese'

Article/Newspaper

Carlo Bertelli, Corriere della Sera, 1992, Italian

'Bacon: la parte sbagliata della tela'

Article/Newspaper

Max Rabino, La Stampa, 1992, Italian