The Artist
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Private Collection
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Wood Johnson, Jr., Gallery of Prints and Drawings, permanent collection, another impression currently on view, summer 2015
Johannesburg, Johannesburg Art Gallery, permanent collection, another impression currently on view, summer 2015.
London, National Portrait Gallery, Lucian Freud: Portraits, 9 Feb - 27 May 2012 (another impression exhibited and illustrated p.194)
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, 16 Dec 2007 - 10 Mar 2008 (this impression exhibited and illustrated p.67)
New York, Matthew Marks Gallery, Lucian Freud: Recent Drawings and Etchings, 11 Dec 1993 - 24 Jan 1994 (another impression exhibited and illustrated pl.16)
Catherine Lampert 84
Craig Hartley 45
Starr Figura 64
Sarah Howgate 117
Bruce Bernard and Derek Birdsall 246
William Feaver 52; 262
British • 1922 - 2011
Renowned for his unflinching observations, Lucian Freud is considered one of the greatest figurative artists. He pushed the boundaries of decorum in terms of classical portraiture and nudes in order to explore his lifelong concern to honestly render the human figure, in what he called his "naked portraits."
In his paintings, Freud's layers of impasto jabs of paint create a surprisingly delicate, translucent depiction of flesh, while his etchings employ an economy of line that implies the figure more than it illustrates it. Charismatic but irascible, Freud worked only from sitters that he knew, consistently focusing on translating his direct perceptions. The resulting portraits are redolent with a stark and evocative psychological intensity, underpinned by an unexpected tenderness towards the subject.
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