The lives of Lucian Freud / William Feaver.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Feaver, William, author.

Standardized Title:

Life of Lucian Freud

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freud, Lucian.

Painters--England--Biography.

Painters.

England.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First American edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Knopf, 2019-

Summary:

"Lucian Freud (1922-2011) is one of the most influential figurative painters of the 20th century. His paintings are in every major museum and many private collections here and abroad. William Feaver's daily calls from 1973 until Freud died in 2011, as well as interviews with family and friends were crucial sources for this book"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Jacquetta Eliot, the Death of Ernst Freud, Leaving the Marlborough for James Kirkman 1968

81

1. "The Point Is The Forehead"

2. "I Cut Such A Lot Down Then"

3. "Pictures Haven't Got To Do With Reason"

4. "The Portraits Are All Personal And The Nudes Especially Demand It"

5. "I Don't Use Things Unless They Are Of Use To Me"

6. "Things Never Look As Bad As They Do Under A Skylight"

7. "I Don't Want A Painting To Appear As A Device Of Some Sort"

pt. II The Quest for Sitters, Betting, Etching, the Death of Lucie Freud 1981

9

8. "I Don't Think Paintings Have Come About Emotionally"

9. "The One Thing More Important Than The Person In The Painting Is The Picture"

10. "It Was Quite An Urgent Situation"

11. "Such An Intimate Grandeur"

12. "I Gave £5,000, A Hugely Handsome Sum, To Get Them Back"

13. "It Was A Direct Jump From Paintings To Etchings"

14. "I Want Portraiture Which Portrays Them, Not Here's Another Of Mine"

15. "What Do I Ask Of A Painting? I Ask It To Astonish, Disturb, Seduce, Convince"

16. "My World Is Fairly Floorboardish"

17. "In A Conspiratorial Way She Kept All My Drawings"

pt. III Painting Leigh Bowery, Leaving James Kirkman, Finding William Acquavella 1990

7

18. "Nothing Tentative"

19. "Shows I Do Are Punctuations"

20. "Trying To Make Something That's Never Been Seen Before"

21. "I Can Never Say That It's Finished"

22. "Britain Had Taken Me In"

23. "After A Certain Point The Picture Takes Over"

pt. IV The Tate Retrospective and Constable in Paris 1997

2003

24. "Shrivel Up And Droop Down"

25. "I Don't Want Paintings To Be `Readable' But There Are Things Going On In The Room"

26. "I Nearly Always Start Twice"

27. "Better Plain Naked"

28. "One Essay, No Adjectives"

29. "Tells You Everything"

30. "Very Doomish"

pt. V The Painter Surprised, Final "Years 2003

11

31. "Trying To Do What I Can't Do"

32. "It's A Stimulating Thought That This May Be My Last Picture"

33. "The Way Life Goes"

34. "I Don't Want To Slow Down In This Late Evening Of My Days"

35. "I'm Not An Object".

Notes:

A Borzoi Book.

"Originally published in Great Britain by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, London, in 2019."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780525657521

0525657525

9780525657668

0525657665

OCLC:

1097465769

Publisher Number:

40029555844