LUCIAN FREUD PORTRAITS

'Everything is autobiographical and everything is a portrait, even if it's only a chair.' Portraits were central to the work of Luci an Freud. Working only from life, the artist claimed 'I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't actually there in front of me.' This authoritative survey of the artists portraits and figure paintings explores his work across seven decades, from the early 1940 s to his death in 2011, and demonstrates his remarkable stylistic development and technical virtuosity.