Lucian Freud
(8 December 1922 - ) |
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nudes, juxtapostition of subjects Art Work
| Name: |
Lucian Freud |
| Gender: |
Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Berlin, Germany |
| Nationality: |
German-British |
| Birth: |
8 December 1922 |
| Death: |
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Quick Facts
| Known For: |
nudes, juxtapostition of subjects |
| Medium: |
oil painting |
| Method: |
oil painting |
| Style: |
Realism |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painter
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Biography
Lucian Michael Freud is a British painter of German origin who received both the Order of Merit and the Order of the Companions of Honourin Britain. Freud briefly studied at the Central School of Art in London, then with greater success, at Cedric Morris' East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Dedham, and also at Goldsmiths College - University of London from 1942-3. Freud's subjects are often the people in his life; friends, family, fellow painters, lovers, children. To quote the artist: "The subject matter is autobiographical, it's all to do with hope and memory and sensuality and involvement, really."
Although Freud is internationally acknowledged as one of the most important artists working today, there have been few opportunities to see his paintings and etchings in Britain. In 1996, Abbot Hall Art Gallery in Kendal mounted a major exhibition of 27 paintings and thirteen etchings, covering the whole period of Freud's working life to date. The following year the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art presented "Lucian Freud: Early Works". The exhibition comprised around 30 drawings and paintings done between 1940 and 1945. This was followed most notably by a large retrospective at Tate Britain in 2002.
During a period from May 2000 to December 2001, Freud painted Queen Elizabeth II. There was significant criticism of this portrayal of the Queen in some sections of the British media. The highest selling tabloid newspaper, The Sun, was particularly condemnatory, describing the portrait as "a travesty".
In late 2007, a collection of Freud's etchings titled "Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings" went on display at the Museum of Modern Art. The etchings allow viewers to get a closer and more detailed look at the artist's creative process. Freud's works sometimes involve the same person and similar compositions, since his works are about getting to know the subject, prompting him to use the same person more than once when he feels there is more he can learn from him or her physically, mentally, or emotionally.
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