Lucian Freud (1922–2011) was a German born British artist who was a very prominent figurative painter of the 20th century. His early works were influenced by surrealism, however, as his career progressed his paintings became more representational, drawing upon realism rather than abstraction. In 1933, his family moved to London in order to escape the Nazi regime. It was in London where Freud began to associate with figurative painters. His iconic style was said to have matured in the 1950s when he began to paint nude portraits.
Paintings by Lucian Freud in Chronological Order:
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| Box of Apples in Wales, 1939 | Landscape with Birds, 1940 | Portrait of Stephen Spender, 1940 |
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| Stephen Spender, 1940 | The Village Boys, 1942 | Fragment Head of Gerald Wilde, 1943 |
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| Man with a Feather, 1943 | Head of Boy with a Book, 1944 | Palm Tree, 1944 |
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| Portrait of a Young Man, 1944 | Seaside Garden, 1944 | The Painter’s Room, 1944 |
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| Woman with a Daffodil, 1945 | Portrait of a Man, 1946 | Girl in a Dark Jacket, 1947 |
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| Girl in a White Dress, 1947 | Girl with a Kitten, 1947 | Rose and Sweet Pea, c.1947 |
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| The Sparrowhawk, c.1947 | Daffodils and Celery, 1947-1948 | Girl with Fig Leaf, 1948 |
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| Girl with Leaves, 1948 | Girl with Roses, 1947-1948 | Ill in Paris, 1948 |
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| Man at Night (Self-Portrait), 1947-1948 | Portrait of Christian Berard, 1948 | Self-Portrait with Hyacinth in a Pot, c.1947-c.1948 |
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| Untitled, c.1948 | Father and Daughter, 1949 | Head of a woman (Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Cavendish), 1950 |
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| Girl in a Dark Dress, 1951 | Interior at Paddington, 1951 | Boy’s Head, 1952 |
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| Francis Bacon, 1952 | Girl in Bed, 1952 | Girl Reading, 1952 |
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| John Minton, 1952 | Strawberries, 1952 | A Woman Painter, 1954 |
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| Hotel Bedroom, 1954 | Girl by the Sea, 1956 | Woman in a White Shirt, 1956-1957 |
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| Child with a Toy Dog, 1956-1958 | Man in a Mackintosh, 1957-1958 | Woman Smiling, 1958-1959 |
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| Baby on a Green Sofa, 1961 | Figure with Bare Arms, 1961 | Head on a Green Sofa, 1960-1961 |
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| Annie, 1962 | Man’s Head, Self Portrait, 1963 | Red Haired Man on a Chair, 1962-1963 |
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| A Man and his Daughter, 1963-1964 | Cyclamen, 1964 | Reflection with Two Children (Self-Portrait), 1965 |
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| Girl in a Fur Coat, 1967 | Buttercups, 1968 | Interior with Plant, Reflection Listening (Self-Portrait), 1967-1968 |
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| A Filly, 1970 | Paddington Interior, Harry Diamond, 1970 | Factory in North London, 1972 |
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| The Painter’s Mother II, 1972 | Wasteground with Houses, Paddington, 1970-1972 | Ali, 1974 |
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| The Painter’s Mother Reading, 1975 | Frank Auerbach, 1975-1976 | Head of a Girl, 1975-1976 |
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| The Painter’s Mother Resting I, 1975-1976 | The Big Man, 1976-1977 | Two Plants, 1977-1980 |
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| Bella, 1981 | Guy and Speck, 1980-1981 | Guy Half Asleep, 1981-1982 |
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| Head of a Man, 1981-1982 | Man in a Sports Shirt, 1982 | Still Life (Quinces), 1981-1982 |
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| Esther, 1982-1983 | Large Interior W11 (after Watteau), 1981-1983 | Two Japanese Wrestlers by a Sink, 1983 |
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| Ib, 1983-1984 | Fred, 1985 | Girl in Striped Nightshirt, 1985 |
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| Head of Bruce Bernard, 1985 | Man in a Chair, 1983-1985 | Reflection (Self-Portrait), 1985 |
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| Two Irishmen in W11, 1984-1985 | Bella, 1986 | Double Portrait, 1985-1986 |
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| The Painter’s Brother, Stephen, 1985-1986 | Annabel, portrait III, 1987 | Lord Goodman in his Yellow Pyjamas, 1987 |
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| Man Smoking, 1986-1987 | Triple Portrait, 1986-1987 | Susie, 1988 |
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| Woman in a Grey Sweater, 1988 | Man in a String Chair, 1988-1989 | Susie, 1988-1989 |
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| Portrait of Ib, 1990 | Leigh Bowery, 1991 | Woman in a Butterfly Jersey, 1990-1991 |
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| Francis Wyndham, 1993 | Large Head, 1993 | Last Portrait of Leigh, 1995 |
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| Bella, 1996 | Woman with an Arm Tattoo, 1996 | Armchair by the Fireplace, 1997 |
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| Garden, Notting Hill Gate, 1997 | Gaz, 1997 | David Dawson, 1998 |
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| Man in Silver Suit, 1998 | The Pearce Family, 1998 | After Chardin, 1999 |
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| Alice and Okie, 1999 | Head of an Irishman, 1999 | Robert Fellowes, 1999 |
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| Susanna, 1999 | Aline, 2000 | Queen Elizabeth II, 2000-2001 |
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| Small Portait, 2001 | Two Brothers from Ulster, 2001 | Daughter and Father, 2002 |
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| David Hockney, 2002 | Eli, 2002 | Eli, 2002 |
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| Frances Costelloe, 2002 | Garden from the Window, 2002 | Self-Portrait, 2002 |
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| Woman with Eyes Closed, 2002 | Alice Costelloe, 2003 | Frances Costelloe, 2003 |
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| Grey Gelding, 2003 | Man in a White Shirt, 2002-2003 | Pluto’s Grave, 2003 |
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| Solicitors Head, 2003 | Albie, 2003-2004 | Girl with Fuzzy Hair, 2004 |
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| Self-Portrait, Reflection, 2003-2004 | Skewbald Mare, 2004 | The Painter’s Garden, 2003-2004 |
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| New Yorker, 2006 | The Painter’s Doctor, 2006 | Donegal Man, 2007 |
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| Sally Clarke, 2008 | Annabel | Francis Bacon |
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| Garden in Winter | Interior with Hand Mirror (Self-Portrait) | Kingcups Souvenir of Glen Artney |
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| Portrait of a Head | Sir Cedric Morris | The Painter’s Mother |