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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.

You can filter the entries by publication type, and sort them by authoryear and title. You can find more information on the Francis Bacon Bibliography in our Notes for Users.

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'Artist's anniversary marked'

Aidan Dunne, The Irish Times, 2009, English

'Brushes with the soldiery of the canvas'

John Banville, The Irish Times, 2012, English

'The Circus'

Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 2013, English

'Lying figure: Francis Bacon and the female nude'

Macushla Robinson, Art Monthly Australia, 2012, English

'A dark prophet'

Sue Hubbard, New Statesman,London, 2008, English

'Sketches of pain'

Charles Darwent, New Statesman,London, 1999, English

'The deceit of the real'

Andrew Brighton, New Statesman and Society,London, 1990, English

'In praise of rudeness'

Sally Vincent, New Statesman and Society,London, 1988, English

'Francis Bacon in Venice'

David Sylvester, The Independent on Sunday, 1993, English

'The matter of life and death'

Tim Hilton, The Independent on Sunday, 1993, English

'On a diet of oysters and despair'

Jan Dalley, The Independent on Sunday, 1993, English

'All the pulsations of a person'

David Sylvester, The Independent on Sunday, 1993, English

'Bacon's screaming pope for sale'

Dalya Alberge, The Independent, 1994, English

'The artist formerly known as British'

Andrew Graham Dixon, The Independent, 1996, English

'Life with thugs'

David Sylvester, The Independent on Sunday, 1996, English

'Painting pictures in Soho and Greenwich Village'

Richard Davenport-Hines, The Independent, 1996, English

'How to freeze the human body'

Tim Hilton, The Independent on Sunday, 1998, English

'The sleazy side of Bacon'

James Mottram, The Independent, 1998, English

'Just blood, sweat and fears'

Ryan Gilbey, The Independent, 1998, English

'The pope of putrefaction'

Matthew Sweet, The Independent on Sunday, 1998, English

'Private View: Francis Bacon'

James Hall, The Independent, 1999, English

'Bacon: the rough guide'

Tom Lubbock, The Independent, 1999, English

'The drawings he didn't want you to see'

Lynn MacRitchie, The Independent on Sunday, 1999, English

'Art house'

Beryl Bainbridge, The Independent Magazine, 1999, English

'Outrageous Bacon'

Stephen Dodd, Sunday Independent,Dublin, 1993, English

'Bacon/Moore: Flesh and Bone'

Sarah Whitfield, The Burlington Magazine, 2013, English

'Hunt for 'missing' works of Francis Bacon'

Cal McCrystal, The Independent on Sunday, 2000, English

'A critic saves his Bacon'

Tim Hilton, The Independent on Sunday, 2000, English

'Not all Birch'

Henry Meyric Hughes, Modern Painters, 1988, 1989, English

'Francis Bacon'

Grey Gowrie, Modern Painters, 1988, 1989, English

'Francis Bacon'

David Sylvester, Modern Painters, 1992, English

'Icarus or the Walking-Wounded'

Victor Willing, Modern Painters, 1992, English

'Bacon's Course'

David Sylvester, Modern Painters, 1993, English

'Imaginable Furies'

Paul Bailey, Modern Painters, 1993, English

'A School or Not a School'

Michael Peppiatt, Modern Painters, 1995, English

'Bacon and Giacometti: Likeness and Difference'

David Sylvester, Modern Painters, 1996, English

'The Brutality of Fact'

Martin Gayford, Modern Painters, 1996, English

'Robert Melville: The Last Interview'

Douglas Maxwell, Modern Painters, 1989, English

'Hello Francis'

John Maybury, Modern Painters, 2001, English

'The Consummate Fragmentarian'

Robert Enright, Modern Painters, 2002, English

'Help the Lazy'

Matthew Collings, Modern Painters, 2006, English