Lucian Freud - Novel Books In Addition To Exhibitions (Autumn 2019)

More on the famous painter Lucian Freud - this spider web log post service covers

• two books - virtually his plants too early on life
• two mass reviews - of the latter
• an article inwards today's Observer by William Feaver his biographer 
• a verbalise at The London Library past times William Feaver on 24th October, and 
• an exhibition of self-portraits at the Royal Academy of Arts opening 27 October 

In fact a perfect surfeit for Lucian Freud fans!

Lucian Freud Herbarium

Lucian Freud's Herbarium past times Giovanni Aloi - Published final calendar week past times Prestel

Yesterday I received a re-create of Lucian Freud Herbarium from the publishers.

I've long been a HUGE fan of Freud's paintings of plants. The mass reveals that's painted a lot to a greater extent than than I've seen too includes some of my absolute favourites - of which to a greater extent than when I review it on my Botanical Art too Artists News blog afterward this week

U.K. Book Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Prestel (5 Sept. 2019)
• Language: English linguistic communication
• ISBN-10: 379138533X
• ISBN-13: 978-3791385334
• Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 2.3 x 31.4 cm

The Lives of Lucian Freud past times William Feaver

I've been waiting since Lucian Freud died too the proclamation that William Feaver would last publishing his biography for word of the book's publication.

Well it arrived final calendar week - too it's non mass but books - alongside a serial championship of The Lives of Lucian Freud. The subtitle for this commencement mass changes betwixt the U.K. too the USA. In the U.K. it's called "Youth" too inwards the USA, I intend they reflected on the fact it takes him upwards to the historic current of 50(!) too they've sub-titled it "The Restless Years".

We forthwith conduct maintain the commencement edition of what is land going to last a locomote of multiple volumes - too I conduct maintain an add-on to my birthday acquaint listing for "he who must non last bored".

Here are 2 reviews of the book:

UK Cover

• The Lives of Lucian Freud past times William Feaver review – youth: 1922-1968 | The Guardian
• The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth past times William Feaver, review: a gossipy guide to the artist's wild years | The Telegraph (5 stars)

I've non seen it, I can't say y'all anything virtually it - but produce know that it's:

• based on real many discussions betwixt Lucian Freud too William Feaver (on most days) since 
• full of the "voice of Freud" - which is unsurprising given the tale of how he gathered his textile - revealed inwards the article below.

BUY THIS BOOK (UK)  The Lives of Lucian Freud Youth from Amazon UK:

U.K. Book Details

• Hardcover: 704 pages
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing (5 Sept. 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1408850931
• ISBN-13: 978-1408850930
• Product Dimensions: 12.8 x 6.6 x 24.1 cm

USA Cover

ORDER THIS BOOK (USA): The Lives of Lucian Freud: The Restless Years, 1922-1968 from Amazon.com

USA Book Details

• Hardcover
• Pages: 704 Pages 
• Product Dimensions:  6-1/4" x 9-1/4"
• ISBN 9780525657521
• Published by Knopf / Penguin Random House
• Publication date: Oct 29, 2019
• Price: $40.00

UPDATE: After finishing too publishing the spider web log post service I learned (from the FT) that at that topographic point is also a THIRD novel mass - of photographs of Lucian Freud - due to last published side past times side calendar week titled Lucian Freud: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Life Edited past times Mark Holborn too David Dawson.

There's a neat article virtually it on the FT - Looking at Lucian Freud: photographic portraits of the artist - alongside LOTS of photos!

Book Details

• Lucian Freud: Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 Life - ORDER/BUY from Amazon UK | from Amazon.com
• Hardcover: 250 pages
• Publisher: Phaidon Press; 1 edition (12 Sept. 2019)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0714877530
• ISBN-13: 978-0714877532
• Product Dimensions: 28.4 x 3.6 x 36.3 cm
• Price: £150 | $200

Article past times William Feaver (his biographer)

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED: ‘I was Lucian Freud’s spare couple of eyes’ past times William Feaver  | The Observer 8 September 2019

This is an absolutely fascinating article which tells the storey of how Feaver commencement met Freud too how come upwards he's writing his "authorised" biography - inwards the feel that he was banned past times Freud of publishing anything inwards his lifetime - but could produce after he was dead.

I approximate it is also something of a taster for the commencement mass of Feaver's biography of Freud which was published final week.

I've saved it for reading in 1 lawsuit to a greater extent than too referencing it inwards the future.

William Feaver on the Lives of Lucian Freud

Based on the higher upwards article, I've also but booked my ticket for the verbalise past times William Feaver at the London Library on 24th Oct (6.45pm - to 8.30pm)

Check out Eventbrite for to a greater extent than details
William Feaver on the Lives of Lucian Freud 
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2019
Time: 18:45 – 20:30 BST
Location: The London Library, 14 Saint James's Square, London SW1Y 4LG

Non-members are £15 per ticket

Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits

This tumble at that topographic point is an exhibition of self portraits past times Lucian Freud at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Crop of "Self Portrait, Reflection" (2002) Lucian Freud

I conduct maintain on my iMac a wonderful folder sum of the photos I took at the press preview for the retrospective exhibition of portraits past times Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery inwards 2012.

As an exhibition it had the major payoff of:

• having been organised inwards closed collaboration alongside the belatedly Lucian Freud (these form of exhibitions bring years to come upwards to fruition) 
• focusing on paintings of the artist's lovers, friends too family, referred to past times Freud equally the 'people inwards my life' - equally good equally self-portraits
• including 130 works from museums too person collections throughout the world, some of which conduct maintain never been seen before.

It was an amazing exhibition - too 1 which has remained within my memory.

Hence I'm rather puzzled equally to why the Royal Academy of Arts is hosting a minute exhibition - within vii years of the first.

However I produce suppose its focus on his self-portraits does render some form of justification.....

When asked if he was a proficient model for himself Freud replied, “No, I don’t bring the information that I acquire when I hold off at myself, that’s where the problem starts”.

.....were it non for the sentiment of Lucian Freud that all or most of his paintings were, inwards effect, autobiographical

'My locomote was purely autobiographical. It is virtually myself too my surroundings. It is an campaign at a record. I locomote from people that involvement me too that I attention about, inwards rooms that I alive inwards too know.'

Lucian Freud: The Self-Portraits is at the Royal Academy, London, 27 Oct to 26 Jan 2020

Interestingly if y'all position "Lucian Freud portraits" into Google, the NPG microsite for their exhibition (see higher upwards link) outranks the RA Exhibitions microsite!

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