July 21, 2011 10:47 pm

Lucian Freud: British artist (1922-2011)

IN Obituaries

Lucian Freud, who has died at the age of 88, was arguably the greatest British painter of his era. In an age defined by abstraction, conceptualism, photography and film, he remained faithful to the art of figurative portraiture for almost his entire 60-year career

Lucian Freud photographed with his mother Lucie
The artist in a studio, 1954
‘Self-Portrait with a Black Eye’ (1979) Legend has it that the reclusive painter received the black eye as the result of an altercation with a taxi driver
'Naked portrait with Reflection' (1980)
‘Reflection’, self-portrait (1985)
‘Benefits Supervisor, Sleeping’ (1995) This life size oil painting of a naked benefits worker became the most expensive painting by a living artist in 2008 when it was bought by Russian billionaire Roman Abramovitch for $33.64m at an auction in New York
‘Reflection’, self-portrait (2002)
‘The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer’ (2004-2005) The artist observes his subjects in his studio

Previous image

Next image

Lucian Freud: British artist (1922-2011)

More

IN Obituaries

Related Topics

VIDEOS