Lucian Freud, the lauded British painter who led a tumultuous life and achieved international success in the final two decades of his career, was known to make his subjects sit for their portraits for ...

“Lucian Freud: New Perspectives” can be seen at the Museo Thyssen, Madrid, through June 18. Lucian Freud talked a good picture. As with his friend Francis Bacon, it is hard to see Freud’s work without ...

The British painter is still in his studio, 365 days a year. In a late turn to self-portraiture, he has turned his scrutiny on himself. By Elizabeth Fullerton A major London exhibition asks viewers to ...

The tension between the introversion of the artist, who died last year, and the extroversion of the lothario (14 kids identified to date) was well brought out by his friends. David Hockney, who ...

Lucian Freud, "Boy on a Sofa" (1944). Pencil, charcoal and chalk on paper,15 x 17 in. (38 x 43.2 cm). Private Collection, courtesy of Susannah Pollen Ltd. (© The ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Christie's will sell a major work by British painter Lucian Freud in New York in May which the company expects to become the most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist. ...

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Nach Gift und Freude durchsieben: Lucian Freud im Kunsthistorischen Museum = To sieve for poison and pleasure: Lucian Freud at the Kunsthistorisches Museum / Jasper Sharp -- Lucian Freud und Wien: ...

A portrait by Lucian Freud that has been out of public view for more than two decades will be auctioned in London this month. The painting, depicting one of the artist’s daughters, is expected to ...

Lucian Freud, “Letter to Stephen Spender” (1941) (click to enlarge) (all images courtesy Sotheby’s) Most of us would be embarrassed if private letters we’d written in the notorious naïveté of youth ...