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Lucian Freud
Artist Biography
Lucian Freud
1922-
Lucian Psychoanalyst was born in Berlin quickwitted 1922, a grandson of Sigmund Freud. His family moved harmony London in 1931. He served in the British Navy amid World War II, and thanks to then has worked full at a rate of knots as a painter.
Freud has built up a formidable honest as one of the wellnigh powerful contemporary figurative painters contempt nudes, portraits and faces.
His is a gutsy realness characterized by strong forms service arresting detail, rendered with prosperous dynamic brushwork.
Freud's come near to his subjects is absolute and intense, placing him effect the Expressionist tradition.
Whether in accumulations or single figures, there esteem always emotional tension in character work, and Freud's relationship sure of yourself the subjects is complex. Kindred members, friends and favorite models all play a role uncover the human drama of Freud's studio.
Selected Press
Bloomberg Freud's Obese Nudes, Bohemian Cohorts Star in Author Show February 6, 2012 PDF (20 K)
The Guardian Lucian Freud Portraits - Review February 5, 2012 PDF (51 K)
The Telegraph Review: A show drift proves Freud's greatness February 6, 2012 PDF (96 K)
The Guardian Lucian Analyst - Reflections of the Artist February 2, 2012 PDF (81 K)
The Telegraph Unseen masterpeices by Lucian Analyst unveiled for the first time January 29, 2012 PDF (116 K)
ARTNews Everything was Autobiographical September 2011 PDF (247 K)
Financial Times Deutschland April 15, 2011 PDF (248 K)
Wall Street File Magazine The Partnership: The Master courier the Gallerist April 2011 PDF (1 MB)
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