Video: Sue Tilley Talks Nearly Modelling For Lucian Freud

Sue Tilley sitting inwards forepart of Benefits Supervisor Sleeping
Lucian Freud Portraits, National Portrait Gallery
copyright Katherine Tyrrell

The exhibition Lucian Freud Portraits opens at the National Portrait Gallery on ix Feb 2012.  I saw the exhibition today - too it's fantabulous - too will be reviewing the exhibition tomorrow.  While I'm sorting notes too processing photos I idea you lot powerfulness similar to run into my video of Sue Tilley talking most beingness a life model for Lucian Freud - most how she posed too what she could run into field he was painting.

Sue Tilley (aka "Big Sue") is the lady who was the model for "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", the epitome which broke a footing record when Christies sold it to Roman Abromovich at auction for $33,641,000 thirteen May 2008) on 8 Feb 2008.  She was thrilled to hold upward inwards the Guinness Book of Records every bit a result!



Sue became a model for Freud because she was adept friends alongside surgical operation creative somebody Leigh Bowery who was an of import model for Freud.  She commented that she used to seat for Freud at weekends because she was working during the calendar week every bit a Job Centre Manager.  He thus wanted her to seat for him when she had fourth dimension off too for 3 years, all her fourth dimension except for a few days was spent working at i or other of her 2 jobs.

There are 4 paintings of her inwards the exhibition - too the i she likes the best is Benefits Supervisor Sleeping

I similar 2 of them, I don't hear i of them too I loathe i of them

Both the Press View too the Members View today were absolutely packed too I empathise advance ticket sales convey been real good.

Lucian Freud Portraits volition likewise hold upward exhibited at Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, United States, from 2 July until 28 Oct 2012

LUCIAN FREUD PORTRAITS
From ix Feb until 27 May 2012
National Portrait Gallery, London
Admission £14. Concessions £13 / £12
With Gift Aid (includes voluntary Gift Aid donation of 10% inwards a higher house touchstone price): Admission £15.40. Concessions £14.30/£13.20Supported past times Bank of America Merrill Lynch | Spring Season 2012 Sponsor Herbert Smith
TICKETS
www.npg.org.uk or outcry 0844 248 5033

Links:  Lucian Freud - Resources for Art Lovers

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