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3 days ago · Lucian Freud, Night Portrait, 1985–1986, 76.3 x 92.8 cm (30 x 36.5") Lucian Freud, Evening in the Studio, 1993. Self-portraits are a recurring motif. Similarly to Rembrandt, Freud has painted the passing of time and the toll of time on the human body.
2 days ago · Freud noted that Leigh by nature was a shy and gentle man, and his flamboyant persona was in part a form of self-defence. Jonathan Jones, writing for The Guardian, describes Freud's portrait, Leigh Bowery (seated): Bowery is a character out of Renaissance art - perhaps Silenus, the companion of Dionysus.
3 days ago · By the mid 1950s, Bacon had moved away from painting screaming figures, but continued to paint ambiguous and unsettling images. Choosing – for the first time – to paint from life, he made portraits of his patrons, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, and his friend and fellow artist, Lucian Freud, displayed in a section of the exhibition called Beyond Appearance.
5 days ago · Choosing – for the first time – to paint from life, he made portraits of his patrons, Robert and Lisa Sainsbury, and his friend and fellow artist, Lucian Freud, displayed in a section of the exhibition called Beyond Appearance. However, Bacon did not overly enjoy the process of painting from life, which he found to be inhibiting.
3 days ago · Lucian Freud (German/British, 1922-2011) renowned for his powerful and often unflinching portraits and figurative works, had a close relationship with his dogs, particularly his whippets, Pluto and Eli. Freud often included them in his paintings, capturing their sleek forms and distinctive personalities with the same scrutiny that he also ...
1 day ago · Deerhunter. Moon dust from Apollo 11, Napoleon’s hat abandoned at Waterloo, Lewis Hamilton’s F1 steering wheel from 2020, Beethoven’s death mask, Lucian Freud’s paints, the computer Tim Berners-Lee designed the world wide web on, and the table on which Jane Austen wrote Pride & Prejudice and Sense & Sensibility also feature.
1 day ago · Lucian Freud (1922-2011), Boy and animals in a Landscape, circa 1942, watercolour, gouache, pen and ink on paper laid on board. Sold for £279,800 Another top lot to underperform was William Turnbull’s 6 foot plus bronze Female (1989/93), that sold below estimate for £152,800.
