Interior at Paddington by Lucien Freud (UEB contracted)
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- Synopsis
- Painted in 1950-51, oil paint on canvas, size 152.4 cm by 114.3 cm. Lucien Freud is the grandson of the psychologist Sigmund Freud. He was born in Berlin but his parents moved to London in 1932. Freud became a British citizen in 1939. He has spent most of his career working in Paddington, an inner-city area of London. His cityscapes and portraits are painted in an intensely realistic style and do not flatter his sitters. He likes to paint friends and relatives. This was one of 60 works by different artists made for the 1951 "Festival of Britain". The event was organised as a way of looking to the future after the Second World War. The sitter for this painting was his friend Harry Diamond, a cockney photographer. The painting took six months to complete and was done with a muted palette. Diamond posed for it almost daily. He complained that Freud made his legs look too short but Freud said they were too short. The setting is Freud's London studio and reflects the austerity of London in 1950. Diamond is shown full length on the left of the painting at the edge of what looks like an alcove in the studio. He is standing on a red carpet that stops short of the bottom edge of the painting to reveal the wooden dark stained floor boards (FB). The edge of the carpet is rucked up in several places.
- Copyright:
- 2011
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Publisher:
- RNIB
- Date of Addition:
- 05/09/17
- Copyrighted By:
- RNIB
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Art and Architecture
- Submitted By:
- Ian Green
- Proofread By:
- N/A
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.