Lucian Freud
1 portrait of Lucian Freud
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Lucian Freud
by Harry Diamond
gelatin silver print, 1975
9 3/4 in. x 7 in. (248.5 mm x 178.5 mm) image size
Purchased, 1975
Photographs Collection
NPG x4114
Sitterback to top
- Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Artist. Sitter in 65 portraits, Artist or producer of 6 portraits.
Artistback to top
- Harry Diamond (1924-2009), Photographer. Artist or producer of 219 portraits, Sitter in 7 portraits.
Events of 1975back to top
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The communist organisation, Khymer Rouge, led by Pol Pot, takes over Cambodia renaming it Democratic Kampuchea. Khymer Rouge began its policy of forcible relocating the urban population to the countryside and brutally purging those sectors of society considered by Pol Pot to be a potential threat to the revolution: Buddhist monks, people with education, disabled people, and ethnic minorities.Comments back to top
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