Lucian Freud (1922-2011) he painted whomever he wanted, he did as he wanted, and this is not a style. refused Pope Juan Pablo IIalso lady di. Queen He wanted to portray Elizabeth, but twenty sessions of posing were barely enough to create a small 24x15cm painting. “You must think I’m incredibly slow, but believe me when I tell you I’m going 100 miles an hour and if I go any faster the car will fall off a cliff,” he snapped at Isabel II. She deserves some explanation for herself, unlike her other models, whom she has subjected to grueling sessions.
When she unveiled the canvas in 2001, the always abusive British press raced wildly to criticize her: the queen looked like one of her corgis, a transvestite, “she should be imprisoned in the Tower of London for this,” exclaimed tabloids. The painter defended it as “the best royal portrait of any monarch in the last 150 years” and the only large thumbnail of an existing royal family to have artistic and human values. The Queen simply stated that she really enjoyed “seeing him mix colors”.
Time has proven Lucian Freud right: The exhibition will be hosted by the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza from February 14. Elizabeth’s portrait cannot be seen. The National Gallery in London, marking the centennial of the painter’s birth. The British Royal House forbade it from leaving Great Britain, considering the controversial canvas a national treasure.. London has come to host seven different exhibitions this winter to honor Lucian Freud.
Born in Berlin, the painter, like other members of his family, fled the Nazis and settled in the British capital: so did his grandfather Sigmund Freud, his psychoanalytic aunt Anna, and his architect father Ernst L. Freud. Lucian Freud acquired British citizenship before the age of twenty He served in the Navy and Merchant Marine during World War II. Today England pays homage to him as one of its greatest painters. A genius on par with Goya or Rembrandt.
He pointed out that the curator of the exhibition “did not read a single line from his grandfather”, even though the closeness of Lucian Freud’s works, which always avoided the excesses of expressionism, led to inevitable metaphors about his psychoanalytic talent. Paloma Alarcó, head of modern painting conservation in Madrid and Thyssen, invites you to take more original readings of his work. His portraits and nude photos are raw and straight forward., as he does from Baron Hans Heinrich Thyssen-Bornemisza, with a palace scene in the background. He sought to understand the personality of his subjects, often better than their own. Alarcó remembers being a pioneer in catching same-sex relationships with AIDS with compassion or vulnerability.
In the exhibition, which Thyssen will host until 18 June, the ‘Large interior’ work, which Lucian Freud avenged, can be seen. Jerry Hall, had already depicted pregnant. He was going to repaint Mick Jagger’s ex-wife, this time breastfeeding her baby, but Jerry Hall ditched her during the sessions, so she turned her face to the artist’s assistant, David Dawson, who was shown breastfeeding the baby. He is the son of the model and singer of the Rolling Stones.
Lucian Freud also portrayed the model in 2002. Kate MossIn the process, he learned that he was pregnant with his daughter Lila Grace, and she was late, but they agreed, the artist admired the “physical intelligence” pose. In addition to a painting, a long friendship ensued, and the model allowed the artist to tattoo a few birds on her lower back: “If things go terribly wrong one day, I might buy and sell a skin transplant,” she joked. he is. . In their final years, they both photographed each other hugging in bed.
Lucian Freud happened in 2008 best living painter with “Sleeping Outreach Supervisor,” in which she plays nude Sue Tilley, an obese welfare supervisor who won $33.6 million at auction.
He was a rich man and a natural temptress. He had two wives, many lovers – he did not believe in and did not practice monogamy – and is said to have had up to forty children, of whom he knew fifteen. The book ‘Lucian Freud: A Life’ (Phaidon) traces a detailed examination of his biography, which inevitably refers to his paintings. “My work is purely autobiographical. It’s about me and those around me,” he admitted.