A highlight of this summer’s art season in London will be the sale of an extraordinary portrait by one of Britain’s greatest artists of the 20th century—Francis Bacon—depicting another—Lucian Freud.

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 ...

A collection of ten letters from a young Lucian Freud to poet and critic Stephen Spender will go on sale at Sotheby’s London as part of the Contemporary Art Day Auction on July 2, and are expected to ...

British figurative painter Lucian Freud, whose uncompromising, fleshy portraits made him one of the world's most revered and coveted artists, has died aged 88. His long-time New York art dealer ...

Friends, family and romantic partners dominate the oeuvre of British painter Lucian Freud, whose work often documented his personal relationships. His children, who numbered more than a dozen, were ...

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A portrait by Lucian Freud that has been out of public view for more than two decades will be auctioned in London this month. The painting, depicting one of the artist’s daughters, is expected to ...

Freud made the case through his art that no body type inherently possesses more capacity to compel than another. By signing up, you confirm that you are over the age of 16 and agree to receive ...

His paintings ask: Is this all there is? British painter Lucian Freud is considered Britain’s greatest living painter, one of the towering figures of realist portraiture. The largest retrospective ...