Unseen Lucian Freud artworks to feature in new exhibition - ‘Drawing into Painting’ will showcase previously unseen work by the celebrated British artist at the National Portrait Gallery next year ...

Lucian Freud, "Boy on a Sofa" (1944). Pencil, charcoal and chalk on paper,15 x 17 in. (38 x 43.2 cm). Private Collection, courtesy of Susannah Pollen Ltd. (© The ...

The British painter is still in his studio, 365 days a year. In a late turn to self-portraiture, he has turned his scrutiny on himself. By Elizabeth Fullerton A major London exhibition asks viewers to ...

The British painter Lucian Freud, who was 88 when he died on July 21, proved with a bang the continuing vitality of the figurative tradition in art. In 1993, Time's then-art critic Robert Hughes, ...

Francis Bacon, “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” (1969) (screenshot via christies.com) As Christie’s preps to sell off Francis Bacon’s “Three Studies of Lucian Freud” for a possible record price of $100 ...

Portraits, or rather paintings of people, were Lucian Freud’s speciality. He spent 70 years relentlessly scrutinising his own and his sitter’s faces and bodies and recording what he saw in paintings ...

Plus, security guards will curate an exhibition at the Baltimore Museum, and the 9/11 Museum scraps anniversary shows due to budget cuts. Lucian Freud, Reflection (Self-portrait), 1985. Private ...

The art market overall is in a notable reset, with auction totals down and dealers glum. But, in hopes of drumming up excitement, the major auction houses are rolling out some glitzy consignments for ...

Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...