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Accompanies the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London, from 9 February to 28 May 2012 and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, from 2 July to 28 October 2012. Includes bibliographical references (p. 242-243) and index.
Mar 28, 2019 · Lucian Michael Freud, OM (/frɔɪd/; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draftsman, specializing in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists.
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
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 · Lucian Freud (1922–2011) changed how we look at people. He filled his canvases with bodies rarely given space elsewhere: fat bodies, ageing bodies, queer bodies, exhausted bodies. Some have described his portraits as ruthless, pitiless, clinical and cruel; others see them as intimate and honest records of humanity.
• What do you expect of a portrait? Why do you think it is such a popular genre? There is a long tradition in art of male artists painting beautiful naked women. You can find examples in the National Gallery, by Titian for instance. • What makes Lucian Freud’s nudes different? Find paintings outside these two categories, images of plants and
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Dec 4, 2019 · The Conundrum of Lucian Freud’s Portraits. How to assess an artist who was ruthless—and revealing—in work and life. By Sophie Madeline Dess. Jane Bown / Camera Press / Redux. December 4,...
