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Introduction by Martin Gayford Appreciation by David Hockney This accessible guide features a selection of portraits by Lucian Freud, regarded by many as one of the world's greatest realist painters. The book includes some of the finest examples of Freud's work from across seven decades. The portraits are complemented by a chronology illustrated with documentary images and some previously unpublished informal photographs, and introductory texts by Martin Gayford and David Hockney. The Lucian Freud: Painting People features a selection of the artist's finest portraits and figure paintings arranged chronologically, from the early 1940s to his death in 2011. In his introductory essay, Martin Gayford looks at Freud's standing as an artist and his place in art history, and offers personal insights into the artist's life and approach to portraiture. World-renowned artist David Hockney gives a revealing account of his own experience of sitting for a portrait by his friend and fellow artist, and an illustrated chronology enables readers to place Freud's works in context. Portraits and paintings of the human form were central to Freud's oeuvre, and with examples drawn from public and private collections around the world, this book demonstrates Freud's stylistic development and technical virtuosity. Working only from life, the artist claimed 'I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me.' A private man, Freud's close relationship with his sitters was played out behind the closed door of the studio. Among those represented in this book are members of his family - particularly his mother, Lucie - artists, such as Frank Auerbach, John Minton and David Hockney, and the performance artist Leigh Bowery and Bowery's friend Sue Tilley, immortalised by Freud in a series of monumental paintings in the 1990s. This book includes some of the finest examples of Freud's work from across seven decades. The portraits are complemented by a chronology illustrated with documentary images and some previously unpublished informal photographs, and introductory texts by Martin Gayford and David Hockney.

De beste portretten en modelschilderijen van Lucian Freud

Lucian Freud schilderde vanaf de vroege jaren veertig tot aan zijn dood in 2011. 'Lucian Freud: Painting People' brengt uit deze jaren de beste portretten en modelschilderijen van hem samen. De schilderijen zijn aangevuld met een chronologisch beeldverslag van persoonlijke foto's van de kunstenaar, waarvan een aantal niet eerder gepubliceerd.

David Hockney, medekunstenaar en vriend , doet verslag van zijn ervaringen als model van Lucian Freud. Daarnaast gaat kunstcriticus Martin Gayford in zijn inleidende essay in op de vraag welke plaats Freud inneemt in de kunstgeschiedenis. Hij biedt de lezer een inkijkje in het persoonlijk leven van de kunstenaar. Wat was Freuds eigen kijk op de kunst van het portretschilderen?

- Martin Gayford is kunstcriticus en schrijver. Hij was co-curator van de Constable Portraits-tentoonstelling in de National Portrait Gallery in 2009.
- David Hockney is schilder, graficus en fotograaf. Hij was een vriend van Lucian Freud, voor wie hij in 2002 model zat.