LUCIAN FREUD

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Germany, b. 1922 - UK



surprised
The Painter Surprised by
a Naked Admirer
(2005)

oil on canvas
Copyright © Lucian Freud



Self-Portrait, Reflection (2002)
oil on canvas
Copyright © Lucian Freud


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Painter Working, Reflection (1993)
oil on canvas, 40" x 32.25"
copyright © Lucian Freud


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Reflection, Self-Portrait (1985)
oil on canvas, 56.2 x 51.2 cm
Private Collection
copyright © Lucian Freud


Profile
Reflection, Self-Portrait (1981/82)
oil on canvas, 30.5 x 25.4 cm
Private Collection
copyright © Lucian Freud


My work is purely autobiographical. It is about myself and my surroundings. It is an attempt at a record. I work from the people that interest me and that I care about, in rooms that I live in and know. I use the people to invent my pictures with, and I can work more freely when they are there.
Lucian Freud
Quoted by Robert Flynn Johnson
Lucian Freud Works on Paper
The South Bank Center, London
exhibition catalog, page 15


interior
Interior with Plant, Reflection
Listening, Self Portrait
(1967-68)
oil on canvas
Copyright © Lucian Freud


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Reflection with Two Children, Self-Portrait (1965)
oil on canvas, 91.5 x 91.5 cm
Collection Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
copyright © Lucian Freud


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Man's Head (self portrait) (1963)
oil on canvas, 53.3 x 50.8 cm
Whitwords Art Gallery, Un. of Manchester
copyright © Lucian Freud


1963
Lucian Freud (1963)
oil on canvas, 12" x 9 7/8"
National Portrait Gallery, London
copyright © Lucian Freud


mirror
Interior with Hand Mirror (19)
oil on canvas, 40" x 32.25"
private collection
copyright © Lucian Freud


feather
Man with a Feather (1943)
(self portrait) oil on canvas
private collection
copyright © Lucian Freud



Self-Portrait (1939-40)
ink on paper, 8.5" x 5.8"
copyright © Lucian Freud


When you talk about the equation [of flesh with paint], it makes me uneasy. I want paint to work as flesh, which is something different from the equation. I have always had scorn for "la belle peinture" and "la délicatesse des touches." I know my idea of portraiture came from dissatisfaction with portraits tat resembled people. I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them. I didn't want to get just a likeness like a mimic, but to portray them, like an actor. As far as I am concerned the paint is the person. I want it to work for me just as the flesh does.
Lucian Freud


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WANTED POSTER
Francis Bacon (1952)
17.8 x 12.8 cm, oil on copper
Collection of Tate Gallery, London
STOLEN in 1988
Copyright © Lucian Freud






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"Henrietta Moraes (born Audrey Wendy Abbott) (1931 - 6 January 1998) became the celebrated muse of Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud in 1950s Soho Bohemia. Drinking buddy of Marianne Faithfull and the Stones, lover of Lucian Freud, Henrietta Moraes published her memories in Henrietta, a social history of London and a honest account of 40 years of alcoholism. Henrietta Moraes died in 1998." -

Henrietta Moraes by Lucian Freud, oil painting





light
Portrait of Freud: The Light
charcoal on museumboard
image by Scattergood-Moore © 2008


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seated
2 PORTRAITS OF LUCIAN FREUD
Seated Portrait #1
The Annunciation (detail)

charcoal drawings on museumboard
images by Scattergood-Moore © 2008




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