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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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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.
Oct 21, 2019 · As we unite more than 50 of Lucian Freud’s self-portraits for the first time ever, here’s a handy guide to get to know the man whose painted, printed and drawn figure is in our galleries this autumn.
Freud produced many self-portraits, and this is the last of three painted in quick succession in 1963. Here, Freud's squinting gaze is arresting in its directness, but his features are abstracted into painterly swathes of flesh-colour. The portrait is entitled Man's Head (Self-portrait III). The following year, inspired by his own recent ...
Freud mainly made portraits of those closest to him: friends, family and lovers, as well as himself. He had a life-long interest in the human face and body and specialised in figurative art. He became particularly known for his intensely observed and realistic ‘naked portraits’.
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Concentrating on particular periods and groups of sitters to show Freud’s stylistic development and technical virtuosity, the exhibition will include both iconic and rarely-seen portraits of the artist’s lovers, friends and family.
