British painter Lucian Freud dies at 88
‘He auctioned a painting for $33.6m’:
UK: The world-renowned British painter and figurative artist,
Lucian Freud has passed away due to an undisclosed illness at his home
in London.
The realist painter whose paintings command huge prices at auctions,
died on July 20, 2011, at the age of 88.
Lucian was a grandson of Sigmund Freud and broke the world record for
a painting by a living artist at Christie’s in New York for $33.6m, Next
reported.
The artist was born in Berlin to Austrian parents and moved to
Britain in 1933, where he attended the Central School of Art, London and
later the East Anglia School of Painting and Drawing.
Freud rarely did commissioned works and was a member of the Order of
Merit, a special award presented to individuals of great achievement in
the fields of the arts, learning, literature and science.
“The intensity of the still life paintings and the presence of his
portraits of family and friends guarantee Lucian Freud a unique place in
the pantheon of late twentieth century art, Director of London’s Tate
Gallery Nicholas Serota said of the late artist.
His early paintings redefined British art and his later works stand
comparison with the great figurative painters of any period,” he added.
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