National Portrait Gallery (London)
'I've always wanted to create drama in my pictures,
which is why I paint people. It's people who have brought drama to pictures
from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories.'
Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud (1922 –2011) was one of the most important
and influential artists of his generation. Paintings of people were central to
his work and this major exhibition, spanning over seventy years, is the first
to focus on his portraiture.
Produced in close collaboration with the late Lucian
Freud, the exhibition concentrates on particular periods and groups of sitters
which illustrate Freud's stylistic development and technical virtuosity.
Insightful paintings of the artist's lovers, friends and family, referred to by
the artist as the 'people in my life', will demonstrate the psychological drama
and unrelenting observational intensity of his work.
Featuring 130 works from museums and private collections throughout the
world, some of which have never been seen before, this is an unmissable
opportunity to experience the work of one of the world's greatest artists. (NPG webpage)
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