GREAT BRITAIN / LONDON: LUCIAN FREUD PORTRAITS

until Sunday May 27 2012
Open daily 10:00-18:00 Open until 21:00 Thursday and Friday.
National Portrait Gallery
St Martin’s Place
WC2H 0HE London
Great Britain

npg.org.uk

Produced in close collaboration with the late Lucian Freud, the exhibition concentrates on particular periods and groups of sitters which illustrate Freud's stylistic development and technical virtuosity. Insightful paintings of the artist's lovers, friends and family, referred to by the artist as the 'people in my life', will demonstrate the psychological drama and unrelenting observational intensity of his work.

"I've always wanted to create drama in my pictures, which is why I paint people. It's people who have brought drama to pictures from the beginning. The simplest human gestures tell stories."
Featuring over 100 works from museums and private collections throughout the world, some of which have never been seen before, this is an unmissable opportunity to experience the work of one of the artist.

Reflection (Self-portrait), 1985
Private Collection, Ireland © The Lucian Freud Archive. Photo: Courtesy Lucian Freud Archive