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Jul 20, 2011 · Lucian Freud was a British artist, famous for his portraits and self-portraits painted in an expressive neo-figurative style. He was born in Berlin, the grandson of the revolutionary psychologist Sigmund Freud, and the son of an architect Ernst Freud and an art historian Lucie Brasch.
- British
- December 8, 1922
- Berlin, Germany
- July 20, 2011
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Oct 21, 2019 · In a world first, this autumn we're uniting Lucian Freud’s self-portraits in one extraordinary exhibition. See more than 50 paintings, prints and drawings in which this infamous figure of British art turns his unflinching eye firmly on himself.
Freud believed his presence was implicit in every one of his paintings, stating 'all my work is autobiography'. A major retrospective was held at the National Portrait Gallery in 2012. Explore the portrait of Lucian Freud by Jacob Epstein (NPG 5199) from all angles.
The National Portrait Gallery holds the archive of Lucian Freud (1922-2011), one of Britain’s greatest portrait artists. Freud’s extraordinary archive includes childhood drawings, letters, and 47 sketchbooks containing over 600 drawings. See below for more details:
In this painting, one of several self-portraits, Freud turned this uncompromising gaze upon himself. Yet, the presence of the artist is implicit throughout his oeuvre, which includes portraits of lovers, children and friends, all of whom sat for him at his Paddington studio.
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Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud.
