Lucian Freud Basic Art
Lucian Freud Basic Art
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British artist, Lucian Freud is considered an important figurative painter. This title provides a chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist. It features approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concise biography.
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Lucian Freud Basic Art by Sebastian Smee
British artist, Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter working today. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his color palate to mostly muted hues. His portraits may be physically unflattering to their subjects, but they are honest, frank, and unapologetic. "I paint people," Freud has said, "not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be."Available in over 20 languages, "Taschen's Basic Art" series offers budget-minded readers quality books on the greatest artists of all time. The neat, slick format and nice price tag make Basic Art books perfect for collecting.Every book in the "Basic Art" series features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and, a concise biography.
Based in Sydney, Sebastian Smee is national art critic for The Australian. He has worked as an art critic for the Daily Telegraph in London, where he also wrote for The Art Newspaper, The Guardian, The Independent, and the Spectator. He has written a book called Side by Side: Picasso v Matisse, and more recently, he contributed the sole essays to Lucian Freud Drawings 1940 (Matthew Marks 2004) and to Lucian Freud 1996-2005 (Jonathan Cape, 2005). An interview he conducted with Freud was published in Freud at Work (Jonathan Cape, 2006).
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9783822858059 |
| ISBN 10 | 3822858056 |
| Title | Lucian Freud Basic Art |
| Author | Sebastian Smee |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taschen GmbH |
| Year published | 2007-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 96 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |