Lucian Freud - David Dawson, Joseph Leo Koerner, Jasper Sharp, Sebastian Smee

Specifikacia Lucian Freud - David Dawson, Joseph Leo Koerner, Jasper Sharp, Sebastian Smee

The artist stripped bare by himself: Lucian Freud's self-portraits redefine the genreIn 1964 Lucian Freud set his students at the Norwich College of Art an assignment: to paint naked self-portraits and to make them "revealing, telling, believable ... really shameless." It was advice that the artist was often to follow himself. Visceral, unflinching and often nude, Freud's self-portraits chart his biography and give us an insight into the development of his style.These paintings provide the viewer with a constant reminder of the artist's overwhelming presence, whether he is confronting the viewer directly or only present as a shadow or in a reflection. Freud's exploration of the self-portrait is unexpected and wide-ranging. In this volume, essays by leading authorities, including those who knew him, explore Freud's life and work, and analyze the importance