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Other highlights included the 5.3 million pounds paid by a telephone buyer for the 1953 Nicolas de Stael landscape “Agrigente,” valued at 3.5 million pounds to 5 million pounds, and the 657,250 pounds paid by the London-based dealer Stephen Ongpin for...
14), which is revitalizing the waterfront area with its steel-and-glass design and modern art collection. Other examples include San Francisco’s copper-clad De Young Museum (No. 18), designed by Herzog and de Meuron, and the Modern Art Museum of Fort...
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 10: A Christie's auction house employee stands besides a piece of work entitled 'Boat, Connemara' by Lucien Freud during a press preview of Post War And Contemporary Art at Christies auction house on February 10, 2012 in... View Photo »
Judge not lest ye be judged
Two of the Duchess of Cambridge’s latest public engagements have witnessed her in sound health, somewhat similar to her pre-engagement days. Always a headturner, Catherine surprisingly looked a little chubbier than before during her visit to the Lucian...
The winning bid was £1.27 million ($2 million) (est. £700,000-1 million). British-bred art played hard all evening as a long undiscovered Lucian Freud ink-and-tempera on paper, “Boat, Connemara” from August 1948, considered Freud’s only landscape...
Auction-goers in the packed saleroom on central London’s King Street competed with phone and internet bidders worldwide. Also last night, a newly discovered Irish drawing by Berlin-born British artist Lucian Freud sold for £657,250 – more than double...
Unidentified Christie's employees display the British artist Lucian Freud's "Boat, Connemara" drawing at the auction house's offices in London, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. The piece is estimated to fetch 200,000 to 300,000 pounds ($315,774 to $473,661/... View Photo »
you need the eye, the hand and the heart. Two won't do. The other great thing they said - I told this to Lucian Freud - is: 'Painting is an old man's art.' I like that!
For this was the second time in a week that she had worn a mainstream, affordable retail designer while on official duties. On Monday night, she wore a dress by another British high-street brand, Jesiré, to her first-ever official solo function, the...
Roman Abramovich was the buyer, dealers said. Though demand slumped in the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. , prices have since recovered. The artist’s 1964 painting “Three Studies for a Portrait of Lucian Freud” was sold at...
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (b. 8 December 1922, Berlin) is a British painter of German origin. Full Article
LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends a preview of Lucian Freud paintings at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The royal, who has a degree in the history of art and became patron last month of the National Portrait...
View Photo »A cameraman films beside the unfinished painting entitled 'Portrait of The Hound, 2011' by British artist Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition entitled 'Lucian Freud Portraits' which opens to the public...
View Photo »Sue Tilley poses for pictures in front two paintings of herself entitled 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' (L) and 'Evening in the Studio' (R) both by British artist Lucian Freud, at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition...
View Photo »Visitors and journalists talk in front of an unfinished painting entitled 'Portrait of The Hound, 2011' by British artist Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition entitled 'Lucian Freud Portraits' which...
View Photo »A visitor reads a brochure next to an unfinished painting entitled 'Portrait of The Hound, 2011' by British artist Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition entitled 'Lucian Freud Portraits' which opens to...
View Photo »A woman admires a painting entitled 'Ria, Naked Portrait' by British artist Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition entitled 'Lucian Freud Portraits' which opens to the public on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »Art enthusiasts talk in front of a painting entitled 'Ria Naked Portrait' by British artist Lucian Freud at the National Portrait Gallery in London, on February 8, 2012. The painting forms a part of an exhibition entitled 'Lucian Freud Portraits' which opens to the public on February 9,...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Sue Tilley, whom Lucian Freud painted in 'Sleeping by the Lion Carpet' (R) poses for photographs in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A woman admires the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to the general public on February 9, 2012, features 130 artworks spanning the length of...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A woman uses her mobile phone to photograph Lucian Freud's painting 'Naked Portrait' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially opens to the general...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A woman admires the Lucian Freud paintings 'Girl with a White Dog' (L) and 'Sleeping Nude' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially opens to the...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A gallery assistant sits next to the Lucian Freud painting 'Eli and David' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially opens to the general public on...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A man films Lucian Freud's last, unfinished painting 'Portrait of the Hound' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially opens to the general public...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A man views the Lucian Freud painting 'Sunny Morning - Eight Legs' (C) in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to the general public on...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A gallery assistant stands next to the Lucian Freud painting 'Girl with a White Dog' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to the general...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: A gallery assistant sits next to the Lucian Freud painting 'Benefits Supervisor Sleeping' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to the...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Members of the public admire the Lucian Freud painting 'Sleeping by the Lion Carpet' in the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The exhibition, which officially open to the general...
View Photo »Visitors look at Lucian Freud's "Portrait of a Man" at Sotheby's auction house in London February 1, 2012. The piece is expected to sell for up to 2 million GBP ($3.2 million) when it is auctioned on February 15.
View Photo »Unidentified Christie's employees display the British artist Lucian Freud's "Boat, Connemara" drawing at the auction house's offices in London, Friday, Feb. 10, 2012. The piece is estimated to fetch 200,000 to 300,000 pounds ($315,774 to $473,661/ 239,168 to 358,725 euro) when it...
View Photo »A woman sits next to a painting by Lucian Freud entitled 'The Couple' at the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in central London on February 8, 2012. The exhibition opens to the general public on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »A cameraman films between the final, unfinished painting by Lucian Freud entitled 'Man with White Hound 2011' (R) and 'Sunny Morning - Eight Legs' (L) at the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in central London on February 8, 2012. The exhibition opens...
View Photo »Visitors talk in front of a painting by Lucian Freud entitled 'Benefits Supervisor Resting' at the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in central London on February 8, 2012. The exhibition opens to the general public on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »A visitor views a painting by Lucian Freud entitled 'Portrait: Girl In A Dark Jacket' at the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in central London on February 8, 2012. The exhibition opens to the general public on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »A painting by Lucian Fried entitled 'Eli and David' is pictured at the 'Lucian Freud Portraits' exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in central London on February 8, 2012. The exhibition opens to the general public on February 9, 2012.
View Photo »The Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to the Lucian Freud Portraits exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery, London Wednesday Feb. 8, 2012. The royal, who has a degree in the history of art, became patron last month of the National Portrait Gallery, in London, which is staging the...
View Photo »LONDON, ENGLAND - FEBRUARY 08: Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge attends a preview of Lucian Freud paintings at the National Portrait Gallery on February 8, 2012 in London, England. The royal, who has a degree in the history of art and became patron last month of the National Portrait...
View Photo »Judge not lest ye be judged
you need the eye, the hand and the heart. Two won't do. The other great thing they said - I told this to Lucian Freud - is: 'Painting is an old man's art.' I like that!
I think it’s very generous of these very established, famous artists to be prepared to go into an exhibition with 17 and 18-year-olds. Lucian Freud personally agreed that we could include his work before he died, Howard Hodgkin has agreed to show work while he’s also got major one-man shows in New York ...
