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Francis Bacon Bibliography

Perry Ogden, Francis Bacon's 7 Reece Mews studio, London, 1998.

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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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'This Teeming Womb, This Non-Isle, This Non-England'

Review/Exhibition

John Canaday, The New York Times,, 1965, English

'Francis Bacon - 'I Wanted to Paint the Scream''

Article/Newspaper

Anthony Bailey, The New York Times,, 1975, English

'Art of a New Francis Bacon Is at Met'

Review/Exhibition

John Russell, The New York Times,, 1975, English

'Briton Speaks About Pain and Painting'

Article/Newspaper

Grace Glueck, The New York Times,, 1975, English

'Signs of A New Conservatism In Taste'

Review/Exhibition

Hilton Kramer, The New York Times,, 1975, English

'Art: 13 New Works By Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Vivien Raynor, The New York Times,, 1980, English

'Art: Recent Paintings By Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

John Russell, The New York Times,, 1984, English

Review/Exhibition

Michael Brenson, The New York Times,, 1987, English

'The Master of the Macabre, Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times,, 1989, English

'Visions of a Violent Century In Francis Bacon's Paintings: Bacon's Visions of a Violent, Disjointed Century'

Review/Exhibition

John Russell, The New York Times,, 1990, English

'Francis Bacon, 82, Artist of the Macabre, Dies: Francis Bacon, Painter, Is Dead at 82'

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Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times,, 1992, English

'A British Outsider Embraced With a French Blockbuster'

Review/Exhibition

Alan Riding, The New York Times,, 1996, English

'A Magnificent Mischief-Maker: To be in Francis Bacon's company was to be dazzled and confused, seduced and stunned'

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John Russell, The New York Times,, 1997, English

'Another Look at Bacon: Newfound Canvases Shed More Light on a Master'

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Carol Vogel, The New York Times,, 1998, English

'Art In Review: Francis Bacon'

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Ken Johnson, The New York Times,, 2002, English

'If Paintings Had Voices, Francis Bacon's Would Shriek'

Review/Exhibition

Roberta Smith, The New York Times,, 2009, English

'At $142.4 Million, Triptych Is the Most Expensive Artwork Ever Sold at an Auction'

Article/Newspaper

Carol Vogel, The New York Times,, 2013, English

Art Now: An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture

Herbert Read, Faber and Faber Limited,London, 1933, English

Painting Since 1939

Robin Ironside, Longmans Green & Co for the British Council,London, New York and Toronto, 1947, English

Contemporary Painters

James Thrall Soby, Museum of Modern Art,New York, 1948, English

Painting in the Twentieth Century

Werner Haftmann, Lund Humphries,London, 1960, English

Malerei im 20. Jahrhundert

Werner Haftmann, Prestel-Verlag,Munich, 1954, German

Painting in the Twentieth Century

Werner Haftmann, Lund Humphries,London, 1965, English

Francis Bacon: Disegnatore in Italia

Enzo Rossi-Ròiss, Svolta,Bologna, Iles Célèbes,Geneva, 1998, Italian

The Townsend Journals: An artist's record of his times 1928-51

Andrew Forge, William Townsend, Tate Gallery,London, 1976, English

'Great Britain'

Book ChapterArt since 1945

Herbert Read, Thames & Hudson,London, 1958, English

British Painting since 1945

Ronald Alley, Tate Gallery,London, 1966, English

'The Visual Arts'

Book ChapterThe Cambridge Guide to the Arts in Britain: Volume 9: Since the Second World War

Peter Fuller, Cambridge University Press,Cambridge, New York, New Rochelle, Melbourne and Sydney, 1988, English

Art Now: An Introduction to the Theory of Modern Painting and Sculpture

Herbert Read, Faber and Faber Limited,London, 1936, 1938, English

British Art since 1900

John Rothenstein, Phaidon Press,London, 1962, English

'Art and Artists: James Tissot Vulgar Society'

Review/Exhibition

Jan Gordon, The Observer, 1937, English

'Art and Artists'

Review/Exhibition

P. G. Konody, The Observer, 1933, English

'At the Galleries: Nightmare'

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Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1949, English

'At the Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1955, English

'At the Galleries'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1955, English

'At the Galleries: Trio'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1954, English

'At the Galleries: Vertebrate'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1952, English

'At the Galleries: Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1951, English

'At the Galleries: Bacon and Sironi'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1957, English

'At the Galleries: Francis Bacon'

Review/Exhibition

Nevile Wallis, The Observer, 1950, English

'Francis Bacon and the Photobooth: Facing the Homosexual in Post-war Britain'

Article/Journal

Richard Hornsey, Visual Culture in Britain, 2007, English

'Cecil Beaton: Designs on Francis Bacon'

Article/Journal

Simon Ofield, Visual Culture in Britain, 2006, English

'Investigation of the materials found in the studio of Francis Bacon (1909-1992)'

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Joanna Russell, Brian W. Singer, Justin J. Perry, Anne Bacon, Studies in Conservation, 2012, English

'The materials and techniques used in the paintings of Francis Bacon (1909-1992)'

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Joanna Russell, Brian W. Singer, Justin J. Perry, Anne Bacon, Studies in Conservation, 2012, English

'Francis Bacon and the practice of painting'

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Michael Jarvis, Journal of Visual Art Practice, 2009, English

''A Course of Severe and Arduous Trials': Bacon, Beckett and Spurious Freemasonry in Early Twentieth Century Ireland by Lynn Brunet'

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Ulf Dantanus, Nordic Irish Studies, 2009, English

'At the Galleries: As Bacon Sees Us'

Review/Exhibition

Stephen Spender, The Observer, 1960, English

'How Italian artists make a fortune faking Bacon'

Article/Newspaper

Barrie Penrose, The Observer, 1976, English

'Bacon saved'

Article/Newspaper

The Observer, 1978, English

'British stars and Scythian gold'

Review/Exhibition

Nigel Gosling, The Observer, 1975, English