April 14, 2019If you were the sitter, you were the most important person in the world for Lucian,” says David Dawson, director of the Lucian Freud Archive and former studio assistant to the prominent British painter, known for his visceral, acutely observed portraits. “That’s a very strong feeling, when someone pays that much attention to […]

Lucian Freud

My object in painting pictures is to try to move the senses by giving an intensification of reality. Whether this can be achieved depends on how intensely the painter understands and feels for the …

7 paintings you must see from Lucian Freud's first retrospective at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna.

Lucien Freud

Lucian Freud, one of Englands greatest 20th century painters is the grandson of Sigmund Freud.

As well as his unforgettable portrait paintings, Lucian Freud also created numerous etchings – and they too show humanity as fraught yet beautiful