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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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'Die Marter der reinen Gegenwart: Christi Leiden am Kreuz in der Geschichte der Kunst'

Article/Newspaper

Marie Luise Knott, Die Welt, 1999, German

'Figure di energia, violenza e solitudine'

Article/Newspaper

Ennio Pouchard, Il Gazzettino, 1999, Italian

'Francis Bacon, il grido prima dell'orrore'

Article/Newspaper

Finetta Guerrera, Sicilia del Lunedi, , Italian

'Dans le secret de l'atelier, une force rageuse'

Article/Newspaper

A. D., Le Soir, 1999, French

'Entleibung: Francis Bacons "Triptychon Mai-Juni 1973"'

Article/Newspaper

Wolfgang Sofsky, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 1999, German

'Francis Bacon, Faggionato Fine Arts'

Review/Exhibition

Rosanna Negrotti, What's On in London, 1999, English

'Bacon animal: "toujours trop"'

Article/Journal

Mona Crineurt, Art Actuel, 1999, French

'Il pittore va dove lo porta il colore'

Article/Newspaper

Vinicio Coppola, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, 1999, Italian

'Ces chefs-d'œuvre de Bacon oubliés dans les tiroirs'

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Jean-Louis Pradel, L’Événement du jeudi, 1999, French

'Les mystérieux tableaux de Francis Bacon'

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Laura Moudelaud, Le Parisien, 1999, French

'Bacon inédit'

Article/Newspaper

Annick Colonna-Césari, L'Express, 1999, French

'Vom Scheiterhaufen ins Museum: Dublin zeigt umstrittene Bacon-Zeichnungen'

Review/Exhibition

Hans Pietsch, Art: das Kunstmagazin, 2000, German

'Obsessions de Bacon'

Article/Journal

Jean-Pierre Frimbois, Art Actuel, 2000, French

'Francis Bacon: une peinture cannibale'

Jean-Louis Pinte, Le Figaroscope, 2000, French

'Bacon inédit'

Article/Newspaper

Guillaume Tesson, France Soir, 2000, French

'Francis Bacon: papes etc.: un grand cri d'amour!'

Alexandre Grenier, Pariscope: une semaine de Paris, 2000, French

'L'héritier des classiques'

Article/Newspaper

Olivier Cena, Télérama, 2000, French

'Francis Bacon: Post Mortem'

Article/Newspaper

Dominique Widemann, L'Humanité, 2000, French

'El rostro de Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Maria José de los Santos Auñón, La Voz de Asturias, 2000, Spanish

'Quasi Bacon'

Article/Journal

Martin Bailey, Il Giornale dell'Arte, 2000, Italian

'Wie viel Hysterie steckt in der Jahrhundert-Kunst?'

Article/Newspaper

Joachim Goetz, Pfälzischer Merkur, 2000, German

'Artworks on Paper, More Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Author Unknown, The Economist, 2000, English

'A Moving Experience'

Article/Journal

Mary McGrath, Circa, 2000, English

'Cannon-Fodder?'

Article/Journal

Mick Wilson, Circa, 2000, English

'Digging in the Dirt'

Article/Newspaper

Lynn Barber, New Statesman, 2000, English

'Picasso and Bacon in Dublin: Working on Paper'

Review/Exhibition

Yvonne Scott, Lancet, 2000, English

'Sides of Bacon'

Louisa Buck, Esquire, 2000, English

'Ces nus siècle 20'

Article/Journal

Isabelle de Maison Rouge, Art Actuel, 2000, French

'Apothéose, mort et résurrection du nu'

Article/Journal

Philippe Dagen, Connaissance des arts, 2000, French

'Les nus du siècle'

Article/Newspaper

France Huser, Le Nouvel Observateur, 2000, French

'Francis Bacon's Tangled Web'

Michael Shnayerson, Vanity Fair, 2000, English

'Graham Sutherland e Francis Bacon: i colori dell'ordine contro le ombre del caos'

Review/Exhibition

Giorgio Soavi, Corriere della Sera, 2000, Italian

'La peinture mise à nu'

Article/Newspaper

Pierre Barbancey, L'Humanité, 2000, French

'Bringing Home the Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Peter Murphy, Sunday Independent, 2000, English

'Francis Bacon: krijsende pausen en tweeslachtig vlees'

Article/Journal

Frans Jeursen, Art-nl Moderne Kunst en Vormgeving, 2000, Dutch

'Vitaler Nichts-Nutz: Erkenntnisse über ein Genie: die neue Francis-Bacon-Biografie'

Review/Publication

Eva Karcher, Focus, 2000, German

'Francis Bacon: portret van een gokker'

Article/Journal

Zora S. Gunasinghe, Tableau: Fine Arts Magazine, 2000, Dutch

'De verwrongen blik van Francis Bacon'

Rob Renoult, Esquire, 2001, Dutch

'Dublin krijgt culturele topattractie'

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Paola van de Velde, De Telegraaf, 2000, Dutch

'Georganiseerde chaos: reconstructie van Bacons atelier legt ook diens werkwijze bloot'

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Bert Jansen, FD, 2000, Dutch

'Op afstand: de ontvangst van Francis Bacon in Nederland'

Diana Franssen, Jong Holland, 2001, Dutch

'Francis Bacon, w cierpieniu jest źródło wielkiej sztuki' ['Francis Bacon, The Source of Great Art is Suffering']

Article/Journal

Eleonora Jedlińska, Miesięcznik, 2001, Polish

'Alle vlees is, Francis Bacon in Haags Gemeentemuseum'

Review/Exhibition

Author Unknown, Elegance, 2001, Dutch

'Francis Bacon en de reconstructie van zijn Augiasstal'

Hans Stekete, M, Reportage, 2001, Dutch

'De schrijn van Franciscus Bacon'

Article/Journal

Ella Reitsma, VN, 2001, Dutch

'Schilder van het innerlijk'

Rita Hulsman, Arts & Auto, 2001, Dutch

'Spectaculaire Francis Bacon expositie in Den Haag'

Review/Exhibition

Aart van der Kuul, Haarlems Dagblad, 2001, Dutch

'Francis Bacon houdt van mensenvlees'

Article/Newspaper

Wim van Krimpen, Haag West Nieuws, 2001, Dutch

'Cheers! A £4m Portrait: Ex-Pub Boss Subject of Masterpiece'

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Pat Coughtrey, City of London Recorder, 2001, English

'The Unbearable Darkness of Bacon'

Rits de Wit, Gay Krant, 2001, English