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20 de jul. de 2011 · Lucian Freud, renowned for his unflinching observations of anatomy and psychology, made even the beautiful people (including Kate Moss) look ugly. One of the late twentieth-century's most celebrated portraitists, Freud painted only those closest to him: friends and family, wives and mistresses, and, last but not least, himself. His insightful series of self-portraits spanned over six decades ...
15 de ene. de 2020 · “Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits” charts the artistic development of the renowned British figurative painter through the unique lens of self-portraiture. Best known for his portraits of his acquaintances, Lucian Freud (1922–2011) painted his subjects with compositional ingenuity, technical virtuosity, and a critical eye, and was no less rigorous when depicting himself. Freud returned to ...
The mid- to late-1950s marked a decisive shift in Freud’s paintings, when he moved away from stark, flattened portraits and turned to fleshy explorations of the human face. This was partly due to his friendship with the artist Francis Bacon, whom he met in the late 1940s and whose thick, loose style of painting motivated Freud to change direction. He also started to paint while standing up ...
2 de sept. de 2019 · Lucian Freud: The Self-portraits will be in the Jillian and Arthur M. Sackler Wing of Galleries, from 27 October 2019 – 26 January 2020. Exhibition organised by the RA in collaboration with the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. From the focused, linear depictions in his early works, to the triumphant naked portrait painted at the top of his game ...
1 de jul. de 2012 · July 1, 2012 - October 28, 2012. Lucian Freud is widely considered the greatest portrait painter of the twentieth century. His visceral renderings of people from all walks of life have a painterly and psychological drama that is unparalleled in contemporary art. For much of a century—from the late 1940s until his recent death in July 2011 ...
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11 de jun. de 2019 · Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is well known for his paintings of the human figure and particularly the nude. Like many artists, he also engaged in self-portraiture, although he was unusual in his repeated return to the genre throughout his long career. The 56 works in this exhibition at the Royal Academy range from the linear and graphic works of his youth to the increasingly painterly forms of his ...
