Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud

This volume, with more than 400 reproductions, will be the most comprehensive publication to date on Lucian Freud, covering a span of seventy years and including many works not previously reproduced. The result is a corpus of great works that reveal him to be the premier heir today of Rembrandt, Courbet, and CÃ©zanne. The book includes not only Freudâ€™s paintings but also his sketches, woodcuts, and powerful etchings. While the bulk of his paintings are female nudes, his cityscapes, plant studies, and interiors, executed in his distinctive muted palette and visible brushwork, are all included. Freud, who has lived in London ever since his family left Berlin in 1933 when he was ten, has achieved preeminence through his ruthless perception of the human form. His importance has long been recognized in England, but his present super-celebrity status dates from a retrospective at the Hirshhorn in Washington, D.C., in 1987. William Feaver, painter and for many years art critic for The Observer, provides a unique account of Freudâ€™s preoccupations and achievement. Startling, moving, profoundly entertaining, the book lives up to Freudâ€™s advice to students when getting them to paint self-portraits: â€œTo try and make it the most revealing, telling, and believable object. Something really shameless, you know.â€
Country USA
Brand Rizzoli
Manufacturer Rizzoli
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780847829521
Color Tan
ReleaseDate 2007-11-06
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
UPCs 000847829529
EANs 9780847829521

Country	USA
Brand	Rizzoli
Manufacturer	Rizzoli
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780847829521
Color	Tan
ReleaseDate	2007-11-06
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
UPCs	000847829529
EANs	9780847829521

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