LONDON, England (CNN)-- A picture of an overweight woman lying naked on a couch, painted by the British artist Lucian Freud, set a record Tuesday night for the most money paid for any work by a ...

Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...

There is little doubt that historical racism has influenced the content and composition of several famous figurative ...

The mirror of her eyes reminds me of the mirror in Jan van Eyck’s Marriage of Arnolfini, which similarly reflects the part of the room unseen by the viewer, and the colouring in Freud’s painting, with ...

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A late Lucian Freud painting of Ria Kirby, an art handler at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, is appearing at auction for the first time during Frieze week next month, with an estimate of ...

Frank Auerbach: Paintings and Drawings from the Lucian Freud Estate is on display at Tate Britain, London until Sunday 9 November 2014 The message reads ‘Dear Lucian, Many Happy Returns, Love ...

The Spectator’s former offices — is a riot of bold-patterned wallpaper that calls to mind Arts and Crafts, the Bloomsbury ...

The Tate Modern has announced an exhibition celebrating the work of ‘80s clubbing icon Leigh Bowery. The Australian artist, ...

Acting as her father Lucian Freud’s emissary for an exhibition of his works ... Both Boyt and Zappa do exist as their father’s creations: Boyt sat for three paintings—the most famous gives name to her ...