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Lucian Freud (1922–2011) was an artist who was interested in capturing truth. Always operating outside the main currents of 20th-century art, the distinguished portraitist observed his subjects with the rigor and precision of a laboratory scientist. He recorded not only the blemishes, bruises, and swellings of the living body but also, beneath the flaws and folds of flesh, the minute details of what exists inside: sensation, emotion, intelligence, bloom, and inevitable, irresistible decay. Despite rejecting parallels between himself and his famous grandfather, the connection between Lucian Freud's portrait process and Sigmund Freud's psychotherapeutic sessions is a fascinating element of this visual work. Despite the density of impastoed surfaces, Freud's portraits, featuring subjects such as the Queen, Kate Moss, and an obese job center supervisor, penetrate the physicality of the body with direct and often subversive acuity. The result is both a psychological inquiry and a challenging examination of the relationship between artist and model. This book gathers some of Freud's most remarkable and unyielding portraits to introduce an artist widely regarded as one of the greatest masters of the human figure.
Manufacturer
- Author
- Sebastian Smee
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Language
- English
- Cover
- Hardcover
- Number of Pages
- 96
- Release Date
- -
- Publication Date
- 2020
- Award
- -
- Dimensions
- 21x26 cm
- Art Albums
- Yes
- Subjects
- Sculpture - Engraving, Photography - Video
- ISBN-13
- 9783836560634
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