Lucian Freud : The Self-portraits

Autor:
VV.AA. VV.AA., VV.AA.
Editorial:
Royal Academy of Arts
ISBN
9781912520060
Idioma
Inglés
Fecha de Publicación
2020
Nº de páginas
152
Formato
Tapa dura
Disponibilidad:
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45,00€

In 1964 Lucian Freud set his students at the Norwich College of Art an assignment: to paint naked self-portraits and to make them 'revealing, telling, believable... really shameless'. It was advice that the artist was often to follow himself. Visceral, unflinching and often nude, Freud's self-portraits give us an insight into the development of his style as a painter. The works provide the viewer with a constant reminder of the artist's overwhelming presence, whether he is confronting the viewer directly or only present as a shadow or in a reflection.

Essays by leading authorities - including those who knew him well - explore Freud's life and work, and analyse the importance of self-portraiture in his practice and the intensity that he maintained when studying his own.