Man With A Blue Scarf

Gayford, Martin

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Lucian Freud spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford. Gayford describes the process chronologically, from the day he arrived for the first sitting through to his meeting with the couple who bought the finished painting. As Freud creates his portrait, so Gayford produces his own portrait of the artist.

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Publish Date: 15/08/2019
ISBN: 9780500295182 Category: Tag:

Description

Lucian Freud (1922-2011), widely regarded as the greatest figurative painter of our time, spent seven months painting a portrait of the art critic Martin Gayford. The daily narrative of their encounters takes us into that most private place, the artist’s studio, and to the heart of the working methods of this modern master – both technical and subtly psychological. From this emerges an understanding of what a portrait is, but something else is also built up: a portrait, in words, of Freud himself.

Full of wry and revealing observations, this is a book not quite like any other: the inside story of how it feels to pose for a remarkable artist, and be transformed into a work of art.

Additional information

Weight 390 g
Dimensions 198 × 130 × 24 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

247

Language

English

Edition

Compact Edition

Dewey

759.2 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K