Freud, Lucian. (1922–2011). Personally Used Paintbrush.
Master figurative artist Lucian Freud personally owned and used paintbrush, given by Freud shortly before his death in exchange for the domain name lucianfreud.com. The well-worn Winsor & Newton Filbert brush, thick with oil paint, measures 13.25'' long, in original box measuring 17'' x 2.75''. Accompanied by a copy of the note to the recipient from Diana Rawstron of the law firm Goodman Derrick, who handled Freud's estate.
The website mentioned is the official site of the Lucian Freud Archive (LFA) and was set up by the artist and his representatives before his death in 2011. It is not a catalogue raisonee and its primary function is to showcase those works for which the archive has high quality digital files. At the same time it gives a comprehensive overview of Lucian Freud's work as there are only a few works for which the archive does not have files.
Lucian Michael Freud, known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists, was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. His family moved to Britain in 1933 to escape the rise of Nazism. His early career as a painter was influenced by surrealism, but by the early 1950s his often stark and alienated paintings tended towards realism. Freud was an intensely private and guarded man, and his paintings, completed over a 60-year career, are mostly of friends and family. They are generally sombre and thickly impastoed, often set in unsettling interiors and urban landscapes. The works are noted for their psychological penetration and often discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model. Freud worked from life studies, and was known for asking for extended and punishing sittings from his models.
Freud, Lucian. (1922–2011). Personally Used Paintbrush.
Master figurative artist Lucian Freud personally owned and used paintbrush, given by Freud shortly before his death in exchange for the domain name lucianfreud.com. The well-worn Winsor & Newton Filbert brush, thick with oil paint, measures 13.25'' long, in original box measuring 17'' x 2.75''. Accompanied by a copy of the note to the recipient from Diana Rawstron of the law firm Goodman Derrick, who handled Freud's estate.
The website mentioned is the official site of the Lucian Freud Archive (LFA) and was set up by the artist and his representatives before his death in 2011. It is not a catalogue raisonee and its primary function is to showcase those works for which the archive has high quality digital files. At the same time it gives a comprehensive overview of Lucian Freud's work as there are only a few works for which the archive does not have files.
Lucian Michael Freud, known as one of the foremost 20th-century portraitists, was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. His family moved to Britain in 1933 to escape the rise of Nazism. His early career as a painter was influenced by surrealism, but by the early 1950s his often stark and alienated paintings tended towards realism. Freud was an intensely private and guarded man, and his paintings, completed over a 60-year career, are mostly of friends and family. They are generally sombre and thickly impastoed, often set in unsettling interiors and urban landscapes. The works are noted for their psychological penetration and often discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model. Freud worked from life studies, and was known for asking for extended and punishing sittings from his models.