Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...

Unsurprisingly, she was in therapy from early on. Freud did pay ... not their likeness.” Naked Portrait is sub-titled “A Memoir of Lucian Freud”. Writing it appears to have been intensely ...

A powerful self-portrait by Lucian Freud, on loan from the UBS Art Collection ... and each work reflects the fascinating evolution of his practice – from the graphic works of his early career, to the ...

Stockholm’s flat pop art “Double Portrait of Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach”, both subjects reclining in a bright orange chaise longue, was based on photographs in Paris Match of French ...

An artist says he has faced racism within the art world and has struggled to find galleries willing to display his portraits of ... including Rembrandt and Lucian Freud. Mr Shoa, from London ...

Bacon on the face of it is a no-brainer for the National Portrait Gallery ... he remained preoccupied for decades – including ...

Just a fortnight after Christie’s opened a new 500,000 sq ft headquarters in Hong Kong, and having cancelled its June Modern and contemporary art offering, there was a sense of anticipation in ...

Freud, considered one of Britain's greatest portrait artists, took 16 months to paint the work, with the subject -- Ria Kirby -- sitting virtually every day for up to five hours. "So a really long ...

M&S x Bella Freud first look The daughter of figurative artist Lucian Freud and the great-granddaughter of the inventor of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud, Bella launched her eponymous label in 1990.