Lucian Freud (1922–2011), Bella

Print, limited edition on French paper.
Dimensions: 50 cm x 65 cm (sheet)
Each print is individually numbered.
Inscription in pencil on the lower left: 60/300
At the bottom, a dry stamp from the publisher “Shakespeare Art”
On the reverse, a hologram certifying the authenticity of the publication
Condition: very good

Lucian Freud (1922–2011) —one of the most outstanding British painters of the 20th century, grandson of Sigmund Freud. He was born in Berlin and emigrated to Great Britain with his family in 1933. He studied, among other places, at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London. Initially associated with Surrealism, he quickly developed his own painterly language—a brutally honest portraiture. His work focused on studies of the body, the psychology of the model, and physical materiality. He painted mainly nudes and portraits, using a thick, pasty texture of oil paint. Freud was a professor at the Slade School of Fine Art, and his works are held in the world’s most important museum collections, including Tate Britain, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Centre Pompidou.