Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman
1 portrait
© The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images
Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman
by Lucian Freud
charcoal, 1985
13 in. x 10 1/2 in. (330 mm x 267 mm)
Given by Connectus Komonia Trust, 1986
Primary Collection
NPG 5849
On display in Room 26 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
Artistback to top
- Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Artist. Artist or producer of 6 portraits, Sitter in 65 portraits.
This portraitback to top
Goodman posed for Freud in the early morning, lying in bed in a position he described as 'not entirely comfortable'. In characteristic fashion, Freud emphasises his sitter's corpulent face by sketching the head from a low angle.
Linked publicationsback to top
- Rogers, Malcolm, Master Drawings from the National Portrait Gallery, 1993 (accompanying the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery from 5 August to 23 October 1994), p. 193
- Saywell, David; Simon, Jacob, Complete Illustrated Catalogue, 2004, p. 253
Events of 1985back to top
Current affairs
55 people die in the Manchester air disaster when a British Airtours Boeing 737 bursts into flames after an aborted takeoff at Manchester International Airport.Art and science
Bob Geldof and Midge Ure organise Live Aid, a rock concert in London and Philadelphia, to raise funds for famine relief. The biggest names in popular music, including Paul McCartney, Queen, Status Quo, The Police, Mick Jagger, David Bowie, U2, The Who, and Led Zeppelin, performed to a TV audience of 1.5 billion.The British Antarctic Survey discovers a hole in the ozone layer above Antarctica.
International
Reformer Mikhail Gorbachev comes to power as first secretary of the Soviet Communist party. He calls for 'glasnost' (openness) in Soviet life, and pursues a policy of 'perestroika' (reconstruction).French intelligence operatives sabotage Rainbow Warrior, the Greenpeace vessel. The ship was leading a protest against French nuclear testing in New Zealand when it was bombed and sunk, killing one of the twelve on board.
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