Lucian Freud

BOSTON - Without a whole lot of anagrammatical labor, "modern master," which is a term most people in the art game apply to Lucian Freud, becomes "monster dream," which might well describe - to some, anyway - both the artist and his art. Freud might actually like that. Lucian Freud's biography makes bad boy Paul Gauguin - whose life and work I just dove into in these pages - look like a choirboy. A choirboy in a dark religion, admittedly, but still . . .

7 paintings you must see from Lucian Freud's first retrospective at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

I realise that this is quite a big statement to make, since there are probably millions of movie posters in the world and there’s no way I could have seen them all, but I’m in a big sta…

The geometry of innocent flesh on the bone – Bob Dylan It was to be his last painting. As always, in his inimitable style, after a cursory charcoal sketch he went straight to paint, working f…

My object in painting pictures is to try to move the senses by giving an intensification of reality. Whether this can be achieved depends on how intensely the painter understands and feels for the …

In honor of his passing, here's a comprehensive look at the paintings of Lucien Freud

Lucian Freud self-portrait

Works by David Hockney, Jacob Epstein, Lucian Freud, R B Kitaj and Rachel Whiteread are among nine paintings and sculptures being gifted by philanthropists Mercedes and Ian Stoutzker

Lucian Freud

April 14, 2019If you were the sitter, you were the most important person in the world for Lucian,” says David Dawson, director of the Lucian Freud Archive and former studio assistant to the prominent British painter, known for his visceral, acutely observed portraits. “That’s a very strong feeling, when someone pays that much attention to […]