Lucian Freud - Softcover

Feaver, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854373994 ISBN 13: 9781854373991

Publisher: Gardners Books, 2002

Synopsis

This publication accompanies a major retrospective of the work of Lucien Freud at the Tate Britain. Freud was born in 1922 and the exhibition spans his career, featuring both past and present artworks. Produced in collaboration with the artist and richly illustrated with photographs from his personal archives, the book contains a detailed analysis of Freud's work and notes on the included images. An afterword by the painter Frank Auerbach, and also friend of Freud, provides a personal insight into his career.

About this title

From Library Journal:

Lucian Freud's figurative paintings are hard to forget-his distinctive brushwork, color combinations, and unique poses create a landscape of translucent skin that is alarming in its frankness yet beautiful in its presentation. This catalog, accompanying a show that will travel through London, Barcelona, and Los Angeles, features key works from each phase of his six-decade-long career, from 1939 to the present. More than 140 full-color illustrations of paintings, drawings, and etchings accompany an essay by Feaver, as well as an extensive bibliography and chronology. A curator, writer, and critic, Feaver provides a historical backdrop and analysis that helps the reader navigate across the decades of Freud's career. This work joins other catalogs (notably Robert Hughes's Lucian Freud: Paintings and Catherine Lampert's Lucian Freud: Recent Works) in exposing the artist and the evolution of his art, but it incorporates a much greater range of the still-productive artist's life and work. The result is well written, beautifully designed, and recommended for all academic, public, and museum libraries.
Kraig A. Binkowski, Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review:

"Lucian Freud's figurative paintings are hard to forget...Well written, beautifully designed, and recommended..." -- Publisher's Weekly

About this edition

• Publisher: Gardners Books
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1854373994
• ISBN 13: 9781854373991
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240