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8 de dic. de 2016 · ‘Queen Elizabeth II’ was created in 2001 by Lucian Freud in Expressionism style. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at Wikiart.org – best visual art database.
Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Artist. Sitter in 66 portraits, Artist or producer of 6 portraits.
Elizabeth II patiently posed for Freud for a long 19 months, and the result of their teamwork was this tiny (compared to the rest) portrait, which divided the British into two camps. Representatives of one of them crumbled in praise, calling Freud the most brilliant artist of our time.
Portrait of Queen Elizabeth II by: Lucien Freud 2001 size: 9in. by 6in. Some consider Lucien Freud to be England's most brilliant contemporary portrait painter. Others say the Queen should put him in the tower for painting such an ugly portrait of her.
Freud has given his own hair the shape and color of the principal cross in the Queen's jeweled crown (see diagram at right) and, perhaps, borrowed some of her facial features too.
- Simon Abrahams
Unlike major artists before him Lucian Freud was not commissioned to paint the portrait of his monarch, Queen Elizabeth II. He had to ask. Nevertheless the Queen agreed and over a 19-month period in 2000 and 2001 Britain's monarch sat for Britain's painter.
8 de sept. de 2022 · From Cecil Beaton’s coronation portrait via Warhol and Freud to a postcolonial image for the platinum jubilee, artists have shown humanity, politics and fantasy in that famous face. © David...
