The Lives of Lucian Freud. Fame 1968-2011

Feaver, William

£14.99

William Feaver, Lucian Freud’s collaborator, curator and close friend, knew the unknowable artist better than most; and over many years, Freud narrated to him the story of his life, ‘our novel’. The result is this electrifying biography, shot through with Freud’s own words. In this second volume of Feaver’s definitive portrait of one of the most captivating artists of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, we follow Freud – with wives and mistresses, children and gangsters, critics and collectors trailing in his wake – through the glittering landscape of stardom.

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Publish Date: 01/09/2022
ISBN: 9781526603586 Category: Tag:

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LONGLISTED FOR THE 2020 BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZECHOSEN AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, OBSERVER, THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, SPECTATORTHE SUNDAY TIMES ART BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020‘Explosively enjoyable, bursting with life and art … A central figure as wild and beguiling as any character in literature’ CRAIG BROWN William Feaver, Lucian Freud’s collaborator, curator and close friend, knew the unknowable artist better than most. Over many years, Freud narrated to him the story of his life, ‘our novel’.Fame follows Freud at the height of his powers, painting the most iconic works of his career in a constant pursuit of perfection, just outrunning his gambling debts and tailor’s bills. Whether tattooing swallows at the base of Kate Moss’s back or exacting a strange revenge on Jerry Hall and Mick Jagger, Freud’s adventures were always perfectly characteristic. An enfant terrible till the end, even as he was commissioned to paint the Queen, what emerges is an artist wilfully oblivious to the glitter of the world around – and focussed instead on painting first and last.‘A dazzling tour de force’ THE TIMES‘A wonderfully vivid chronicle’ OBSERVER‘Does justice to Freud’s pitiless genius’ DAILY MAIL

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Weight 924 g
Dimensions 234 × 153 × 46 mm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

592

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

759.2 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K