Lucian Freud’s Unseen Self-Portrait and Sketchbooks Go on View “Truth heads into naked people bodies bodies whole complete living naked women avoid facial expression make bodies expressive of feeling, ...

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 ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As a young man, Lucian Freud disliked praise for his devastatingly candid, unsparing, forensic draughtsmanship: ...

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 ...