Lucian Freud resembled certain film directors – Ingmar Bergman, for example – in that the lead characters in his works influenced the way the creation took shape, often guiding it into entirely new ...
What do sketchbooks reveal about the creative mind of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated artists? Watch fashion designer, Bella Freud, talk about sitting for portraits by her father, the ...
LONDON – Christie’s is delighted to be presenting a seminal work by Lucian Freud, Ria, Naked Portrait (estimate: £10,000,000 – 15,000,000). Offered at auction for the first time, the piece will be one ...
What do sketchbooks reveal about the creative mind of one of the twentieth century’s most celebrated artists? Watch artist and presenter, Frank Paul, describe sitting for portraits by his father, the ...
Prints and multiples, Etching, on T.H.S. Saunders wove paper Freud was drawn to Egyptian sculpture made during the reign of Akhenaten (1353–1336 b.c.), who decreed that the visual arts should move ...
Lucian Freud entered Esmeralda’s Barn, a club in Knightsbridge, and heard the barman asking another customer, ‘Is that on your bill, Mr Freud?’ The impostor was David Litvinoff (1928–75), the vicious, ...