Lucian Freud
(1922-2011), ArtistSitter in 65 portraits
Artist of 6 portraits
Grandson of Sigmund Freud, he was born in Berlin and moved to England aged ten in 1933. He studied at the Central School of Art and the East Anglian School of Painting (1939-42) under Cedric Morris. His first solo exhibition was at the Lefevre gallery, London in 1944. In 1951 he won the Arts Council prize at the Festival of Britain and in 1954 exhibited at the Venice Biennale. He achieved recognition as one of Britain's foremost figurative painters, celebrated for his clinically raw and intensely observed portraits and nude studies. Freud believed his presence was implicit in every one of his paintings, stating 'all my work is autobiography'. A major retrospective was held at the National Portrait Gallery in 2012.
Explore the portrait of Lucian Freud by Jacob Epstein (NPG 5199) from all angles
Arnold Abraham Goodman, Baron Goodman
by Lucian Freud
charcoal, 1985
On display in Room 26 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 5849
Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild ('Man in a Chair')
by Lucian Freud
oil on canvas, 1989
NPG L201
Related People
- Rose Boyt (daughter)
- Bella Freud (daughter)
- Sir Clement Raphael Freud (brother)
- Esther Freud (daughter)
- Matthew Rupert Freud (nephew)
- Sigmund Freud (grandfather)
- Stephen Gabriel Freud (brother)
- Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood (wife)
- Mathilde Hollitscher (née Freud) (aunt)
- Albie Morrissey (grandson)
- Celia Paul (partner)
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