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FREUD BY BACON from kendrive ^Pro 338 days old

Today no painting by Lucian Freud, but one OF him. This portrait, by his friend and fellow-artist Francis Bacon, was made in 1951. The two men met ...

BOY WITH PIGEON from kendrive ^Pro 339 days old

In a previous existence, I corresponded with Lucian Freud on a business level. On one occasion he sent me a cheque accompanied by a note scribbled on ...

THE PAINTER'S MOTHER ILL from kendrive ^Pro 341 days old

Lucian Freud painted this portrait of his mother in 1972. Although he describes her as ill, she in fact lived another 17 years and she was over 90 ...

TWO PAINTINGS from kendrive ^Pro 350 days old

[ ... ] Lucian Freud obviously admired him as he made an almost exact copy of one of his paintings. Here is the original, painted by Chardin: Lucian ...

NUDE FIGURE from kendrive ^Pro 367 days old

Up till now I have avoided posting any of Freud's nudes to these pages. The fact is that he does not flatter the female form; in fact quite the reverse. Here ...

BUTTERCUPS 1968 from kendrive ^Pro 368 days old

As a change from all the stark Lucian Freud portraits I have featured here recently, here is a much more soothing painting. Are you surprised?

GIRL IN A FUR COAT 1967 from kendrive ^Pro 369 days old

Now I don't know the name of this girl, painted by Lucian Freud. Perhaps you do? I am sure I knew a few weeks ago, but it eludes me now. Perhaps she ...

REFLECTION WITH TWO CHILDREN 1965 (SELF-PORTRAIT) from kendrive ^Pro 370 days old

To produce this work Freud painted himself by looking down at a mirror at his feet. That is why his figure is foreshortened and we see the lampshade ...

MAN'S HEAD 1963 from kendrive ^Pro 371 days old

There is no need to ask the name of the subject of this painting. It is one of Lucian Freud's several self portraits. Does it tell you anything about ...

Red Haired Man on a Chair 1962-3 from kendrive ^Pro 372 days old

[ ... ] of Freud, crouches on a chair, sagging towards a vertical strut left where the wall wasknoked away to make extra room. Behind him is a surf ...