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Love Lucian: The Letters Of Lucian Freud 1939 1954 A Times Best Art Book Of 2022
Love Lucian: The Letters Of Lucian Freud 1939 1954 A Times Best Art Book Of 2022
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Description: A Times Best Art Book of 2022 Reproductions of the young Lucian Freud's letters alongside insightful context and commentary reveal the foundations of the artist's personality and creative practice. The young Lucian Freud was described by his friend Stephen Spender as totally alive like something not entirely human a leprechaun a changeling child or if there is a male opposite a witch. All that magnetism and brilliance is displayed in the letters assembled here. Ranging from schoolboy messages to his parents through letters and carefully - chosen often embellished postcards to friends lovers and confidants to correspondence with patrons and associates. They are peppered with wit affection and irreverence. Alongside rarely seen photographs and Freud's extraordinary works each chapter charts Freud's evolving art alongside intimate accounts of his life. We trace Freud's early friendships with Stephen Spender John Craxton his wild days at art school in East Anglia and a stint as a merchant seaman. Among the highlights are Freud's accounts of his first trip to Paris in 1946 and encounters with Picasso Alexander Calder and Giacometti (who he thought looked like Harpo Marx). Equally revealing are letters to and from his first love Lorna Wishart and second wife Caroline Blackwood. Among his friends and confidantes were Sonia Orwell and Ann Fleming: remarkable hitherto unknown letters to both of whom are included. To Ann Fleming he wrote a richly - comic six - page description of a high society fancy dress ball which took place at Biarritz in 1953. He also went to stay with Ann and her husband Ian in their house in Jamaica Goldeneye. From there he sent a stream of letters plus a telegram to his colleagues at the Slade School of Fine Art (where he was supposed to be teaching): Please SEND TEN Sheets GREY Green Ingres Paper . The volume ends in early 1954 with his inclusion at the age of 31, as one of the artists representing Britain at the Venice Biennale - the high point of his early career. Co - authored by David Dawson and Martin Gayford this is the first published collection of Freud's correspondence many brought to light for the first time. Reproduced in facsimile alongside reproductions of Freud's artwork the letters are linked by a narrative that weaves them into the story of his life and relationships through his formative first three decades. Collectively they provide a powerful insight into his early life and art.
Title: Love Lucian: The Letters Of Lucian Freud 1939 1954 A Times Best Art Book Of 2022
Author(s): Gayford Martin
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Barcode: 9780500024850
Pages: 392 Pages, With Over 300 Illustrations
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs
Description: A Times Best Art Book of 2022 Reproductions of the young Lucian Freud's letters alongside insightful context and commentary reveal the foundations of the artist's personality and creative practice. The young Lucian Freud was described by his friend Stephen Spender as totally alive like something not entirely human a leprechaun a changeling child or if there is a male opposite a witch. All that magnetism and brilliance is displayed in the letters assembled here. Ranging from schoolboy messages to his parents through letters and carefully - chosen often embellished postcards to friends lovers and confidants to correspondence with patrons and associates. They are peppered with wit affection and irreverence. Alongside rarely seen photographs and Freud's extraordinary works each chapter charts Freud's evolving art alongside intimate accounts of his life. We trace Freud's early friendships with Stephen Spender John Craxton his wild days at art school in East Anglia and a stint as a merchant seaman. Among the highlights are Freud's accounts of his first trip to Paris in 1946 and encounters with Picasso Alexander Calder and Giacometti (who he thought looked like Harpo Marx). Equally revealing are letters to and from his first love Lorna Wishart and second wife Caroline Blackwood. Among his friends and confidantes were Sonia Orwell and Ann Fleming: remarkable hitherto unknown letters to both of whom are included. To Ann Fleming he wrote a richly - comic six - page description of a high society fancy dress ball which took place at Biarritz in 1953. He also went to stay with Ann and her husband Ian in their house in Jamaica Goldeneye. From there he sent a stream of letters plus a telegram to his colleagues at the Slade School of Fine Art (where he was supposed to be teaching): Please SEND TEN Sheets GREY Green Ingres Paper . The volume ends in early 1954 with his inclusion at the age of 31, as one of the artists representing Britain at the Venice Biennale - the high point of his early career. Co - authored by David Dawson and Martin Gayford this is the first published collection of Freud's correspondence many brought to light for the first time. Reproduced in facsimile alongside reproductions of Freud's artwork the letters are linked by a narrative that weaves them into the story of his life and relationships through his formative first three decades. Collectively they provide a powerful insight into his early life and art.
Title: Love Lucian: The Letters Of Lucian Freud 1939 1954 A Times Best Art Book Of 2022
Author(s): Gayford Martin
Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
Barcode: 9780500024850
Pages: 392 Pages, With Over 300 Illustrations
Publication Date: 11/15/2022
Category: Individual Artists, Art Monographs