24. LUCIAN FREUD
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| Woman in Grey Sweater 1988 Oil on canvas 55.6 x 45.3 cm |
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| A Young Painter 1957-58 Oil on canvas 40.8 x 39.4 cm |
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Blond Girl on a Bed 1987 Oil on canvas 41 x 51
cm
BIO & STEPS
Born:
In 1922 in Berlín, Germany
He died
in 2011 in London
Studies:
- 1938, he studied at the Central School of Art in
London.
- From 1939 to
1942, he went to East Anglian School of
Painting and Drawing in Dedham, relocated in 1940 to Benton End, a house near
Hadleigh, Suffolk.
- Between 1942 and 1943 he also attended Goldsmiths'
College, part of the University of London.
- He always worked as a merchant seaman in an Atlantic
convoy in 1941 before being invalided out of service in 1942.
- In 1943, the poet and editor Meary James Thurairajah
Tambimuttu commissioned the young artist to illustrate a book of poems by
Nicholas Moore entitled "The Glass Tower."
Themes and style:
Freud
was part of a group of figurative artists that American artist Ronald Kitaj
later named "The School of London". Known chiefly for his thickly impastoed portrait and figure
paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time.
His works are noted for their psychological penetration and their often
discomforting examination of the relationship between artist and model.
Techniques:
Paintings, Oil on canvas
Selected
solo Exhibitions
1994: Metropolitan
Museum of Art, New York
2003: Museum of
Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
2004: National
Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
2005: Museo Correr,
Venice
2006: Acquavella
Galleries, New York
2007: Irish Museum of
Modern Art, Dublin
2008: Museum of
Modern Art, New York
2008: Gemeentemuseum
Den Haag, The Hague
2010: Centre Georges
Pompidou, Paris
2012: National
Portrait Gallery, London
2012: Fort Worth
Modern, Fort Worth
2013:
Kunsthistorisches Museum, Wien
In
his own words:
"I used to find death much scarier when I was younger –
I had more to lose. Now, when I see old people driving slowly I want to shout
at them. They should live a little more because it's nearly over for them
anyway."
For
more Information:
www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/lucian-freud-1120
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En Español:
www.museothyssen.org/thyssen/ficha_artista/214