Attributed Lucian Michael Freud (1922 - 2011) Germany
Attributed Lucian Michael Freud (1922 - 2011) Germany
Oil on Cardboard
Measure 12 1/2"in H x 1 01/2"in W and 16 1/4"in H x 14"in W with frame
No Signed
Known for: Nude figurative painting
Biography: He was born in December, 1922, one of three brothers who were brought up in Berlin. He is the grandson of Sigmund Freud. As a youth, Lucian belonged to a gang, roamed the streets, and stole chocolate when dared. Friends of his joined the Hitler Youth because they reported, you got good sausage there. His father was an architect who was prevented from working in Germany in 1933 and who moved his family to England before things in Germany got worse. Lucian attended Dartington Hall, a progressive school where he learned very little; he left Dartington and went to Bryanston, where he found refuge in the art room. He subsequently studied at the Central School of Arts and Goldsmith College. But his most important training came from the East Anglian School of Drawing and Painting, at Dedham in Suffolk, run by Cedric Morris. Smoking in bed one night, Freud set the school on fire; it burned down but the cause of the fire was left a mystery. Freud was married twice. His first wife was Kitty Epstein, daughter of the sculptor Jacob Epstein. His second wife was Caroline Blackwood, who went on to marry the American poet, Robert Lowell. He had several daughters and sons; he often used them for models. His mother, Lucie (for whom he was named) became his model in the 1970s. Freud always claimed that his work was purely autobiographical. He never claimed to be a visionary and he never invented the subject matter of his paintings.
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Attributed Lucian Michael Freud (1922 - 2011) Germany
Oil on Cardboard
Measure 12 1/2"in H x 1 01/2"in W and 16 1/4"in H x 14"in W with frame
No Signed
Known for: Nude figurative painting
Biography: He was born in December, 1922, one of three brothers who were brought up in Berlin. He is the grandson of Sigmund Freud. As a youth, Lucian belonged to a gang, roamed the streets, and stole chocolate when dared. Friends of his joined the Hitler Youth because they reported, you got good sausage there. His father was an architect who was prevented from working in Germany in 1933 and who moved his family to England before things in Germany got worse. Lucian attended Dartington Hall, a progressive school where he learned very little; he left Dartington and went to Bryanston, where he found refuge in the art room. He subsequently studied at the Central School of Arts and Goldsmith College. But his most important training came from the East Anglian School of Drawing and Painting, at Dedham in Suffolk, run by Cedric Morris. Smoking in bed one night, Freud set the school on fire; it burned down but the cause of the fire was left a mystery. Freud was married twice. His first wife was Kitty Epstein, daughter of the sculptor Jacob Epstein. His second wife was Caroline Blackwood, who went on to marry the American poet, Robert Lowell. He had several daughters and sons; he often used them for models. His mother, Lucie (for whom he was named) became his model in the 1970s. Freud always claimed that his work was purely autobiographical. He never claimed to be a visionary and he never invented the subject matter of his paintings.
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