Lucian Freud (revised And Expanded Edition)

By (author) Feaver William
Short description/annotation:
With more than 400 works, this is the most comprehensive publication to date on the much-admired painter Lucian Freud, now available in an accessibly priced and reduced format.
Description:
First published in 2007, this is the singular volume of the great painter s work. This reformatted definitive volume is now published in a smaller and more accessible size. It includes not only Freud s paintings but also his sketches, woodcuts, and powerful etchings. While the bulk of his paintings are female nudes, his cityscapes, plant studies, and interiors executed in his distinctive muted palette and visible brushwork are all presented. The corpus of great works reveals Freud to be the premier heir today of Rembrandt, Courbet, and Cezanne. Freud s importance has long been recognized in England, but his present super-celebrity status dates from a retrospective at the Hirshhorn in Washington, DC, in 1987. William Feaver, painter and for many years art critic for The Observer, provides a unique account of Freud s preoccupations and achievement. This new edition includes Freud''s last unfinished portrait of David Dawson, the painter who worked with Freud for twenty-five years.
Review quote:
“Once you become accustomed to the heftiness of the Rizzoli book, with its nearly 500 pages of high-quality paper, you can find great pleasure in the numerous illustrations and the breadth of vision it gives of the artist’s development, with nearly 40 pictures that have never before been illustrated in books on Freud.” ~The Art Book

“This latest effort will be useful as a sweeping visual appreciation of a painter of major importance.” ~Choice Magazine
Biographical note:
William Feaver is a painter, critic, writer, and curator in London. He is the author of Freud s previous exhibition catalogue,?Lucian Freud (Tate, 2002). He also wrote The Lives of Lucian Freud (Knopf).