These photos come from Lucian Freud's exhibition "The Studio" which appeared at the Pompidou Centre of Modern Art in Paris in 2010.
The exhibit, which consisted of approximately four dozen of Freud's flesh-filled works, included multimillion-dollar paintings from private collections that the public can rarely admire. The retrospective spanned Freud's lengthy career, and conveyed the depth of the refreshing intimacy that soaks his work with a ironic authenticity that can be alternately captivating and difficult to absorb in a world where people go further than ever to make representations of themselves appear "perfect."
Freud died on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at the age of 88.
Image: Naked Admirer, 2004, Admiratrice nue, 2004-2005 Photographie - 59 x 76 cm
© David Dawson, courtesy of Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Londres
Grand Intérieur, Notting Hill, 1998 Huile sur toile - 215,1 x 168,9 cm Collection particulière
© Lucian Freud; Photo by John Riddy
[Au travail la nuit] Photographie - 56,7 x 76 cm
© David Dawson, courtesy of Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Londres
[Le Jardin du peintre avec Eli] Photographie - 56,5 x 75,8 cm
© David Dawson, courtesy of Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, Londres
Reflet avec deux enfants (autoportrait), 1965 Huile sur toile, 91 x 91cm Madrid, Museo Thyssen-Bornemiska
Photo © José Loren, Museo Thyssen-Bornemiska, Madrid ©Lucian Freud
[Leigh sous la lucarne] Huile sur toile - 271 x 121 cm Collection particulière
Photo © DR ©Lucian Freud
D’après Cézanne, 2000 Huile sur toile, 214 x 215cm (dimensions irrégulières) Canberra, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, purchased with the assistance of the Members of the NGA Foundation, including David Coe, Harold Mitchell AO, Bevelly Mitchell, John Schaeffer and Kerry Stokes AO, 2001
Photo © National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ©Lucian Freud
