Major Lucian Freud retrospective opens in Madrid Feb. 14MADRID – The Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, in collaboration with The National Gallery, London, will present a retrospective on the British painter Lucian Freud (1922-2011) to mark the centenary of the artist’s birth. Lucian Freud: New Perspectives opens at the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza on February 14 and continues through June 18.
Unseen works by Lucian Freud debut at UK’s National Portrait Gallery LONDON – A selection of drawings from the unseen sketchbooks of Lucian Freud, together with a newly discovered self-portrait by the artist, have gone on display for the first time at the National Portrait Gallery.
London museum acquires Lucian Freud archive LONDON – An important archive comprising Lucian Freud’s sketchbooks, drawings and letters has been acquired by the UK from the estate of Lucian Freud. The archive has been permanently allocated to the National Portrait Gallery, which in 2012 staged the acclaimed “Lucian Freud Portraits” exhibition, the gallery’s most visited ticketed exhibition.
Auerbach works from Lucian Freud estate on view at TateLONDON – The most significant private collection of paintings and drawings by one of Britain’s greatest living artists, Frank Auerbach, goes on display at Tate Britain today. The works were collected by Lucian Freud throughout his life and hung in Freud’s house in London until his death in 2011. Lucian Freud collected these paintings and […]