Lucian Freud : The Self-Portraits - the exhibition catalogue from Royal Academy of Arts/Museum of Fine Arts available to buy at Museum Bookstore

Lucian Freud : The Self-Portraits

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A handsome book featuring all of Lucian Freud's self portraits - the exhibition catalogue for a show at the Royal Academy

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.

Details
  • Author: Richard McClure
  • Hardcover: 152 pages | 130 colour illustrations
  • Date published: October 2019
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-1912520060
  • Product Dimensions: 29.7 x 29.0 cm

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