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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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Francis Bacon

Millennium Galleries,Sheffield, 2001, English

12 Photographs of Francis Bacon by Bruce Bernard

Bruce Bernard, The British Council,London, 1999, English

Francis Bacon

Steingrim Laursen, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Humlebæk, 1998, Danish, English

Francis Bacon: Paintings

Marlborough Gallery Inc New York, 2002, English

'Reflections on the Venice Biennale'

Douglas Cooper, The Burlington Magazine, 1954, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1967, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1963, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1965, English

'Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions: London'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1978, English

'Francis Bacon at the Metropolitan Museum'

Norman W. Canedy, The Burlington Magazine, 1975, English

'The Artist Speaks?'

Keith Roberts, The Burlington Magazine, 1975, English

'Exhibition Reviews: London: Francis Bacon'

Peter Fuller, The Burlington Magazine, 1985, English

'An Exhibition that Failed'

Richard Kingzett, The Burlington Magazine, 1992, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Paris and Munich: Francis Bacon'

Richard Shone, The Burlington Magazine, 1996, English

'Exhibition Reviews: São Paulo: The 1998 Bienal'

Karsten Schubert, The Burlington Magazine, 1999, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Venice: Francis Bacon'

Jeremy Lewison, The Burlington Magazine, 1993, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Evil: Turin'

Andrew Wilton, The Burlington Magazine, 2005, English

'Book Reviews: Francis Bacon's Studio'

Michael Peppiatt, The Burlington Magazine, 2006, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Francis Bacon: Vienna and Basel'

Sarah Whitfield, The Burlington Magazine, 2004, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Bacon/Picasso: Paris'

Michael Peppiatt, The Burlington Magazine, 2005, English

'Exhibition Reviews: Bacon; Hirst: London'

Sarah Whitfield, The Burlington Magazine, 2006, English

'Francis Bacon and the Lefevre Gallery'

Martin Hammer, The Burlington Magazine, 2010, English

Vis-à-vis. Bacon & Picasso

Peter Fischer, Kunstmuseum Luzern,Luzern, 2007, German, English

'The Independent Group Take on Francis Bacon'

Martin Hammer, Visual Culture in Britain, 2014, English

Bacon Reframed: A themed issue on Francis Bacon

Ysanne Holt, David Alan Mellor, Visual Culture in Britain, 2009, English

'Grand Palais: Bacon in Paris'

Denys Sutton, Financial Times, 1971, English

'Francis Bacon's recent paintings'

Michael Peppiatt, Financial Times, 1975, English

Francis Bacon: Recent Paintings

Marlborough Gallery Inc New York, 1980, English

Francis Bacon

Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam, 1963, Dutch

'All on canvas'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1983, English

'The haunting vision of Francis Bacon'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1985, English

'Vision in the eyes of the artist'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1985, English

'Russian taste of Bacon'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1988, English

'Bacon at 80'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1989, English

'Obituaries: Francis Bacon'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1992, English

'A real con artist'

Nigel Spivey, Financial Times, 1992, English

'The face behind the distortion'

Anthony Curtis, Financial Times: Weekend, 1993, English

'Saved, but only by its Bacon'

William Packer, Financial Times, 1993, English