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Lucian Freud 1996 - 2005

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Author(s)	Lucian Freud
Editor	Jonathan Cape	Place	Londra
Year	2005	Pages	192
Measure	30X30 (cm)	Illustration	num. ill. colori n.t.
Binding	cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori	Conservazione
Language		Weight	2100 (gr)
ISBN	0224075152	EAN-13	9780224075152

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Testo in Inglese.

Some critics call Freud the only significant realist painter around these days, which surely must give untutored viewers of his work pause. Oh, yes, Freud's garden paintings are all very nice, what with their variety of painterly manners, from sharp delineation of leaves to impressionistic conjuring of compound flowers; their ambiguous perspective, in which perceived depth oscillates as it does to the eye in bright, outdoor light; and their all-over compositional feel, akin to that of Jackson Pollock canvases. And the horse and dog studies, with their sense of true relaxation, are unsentimentally appealing. But the portraits and more-often-than-not-nude figure paintings--the bulk of his most celebrated work? One could be forgiven for thinking them off-puttingly blotchy and lumpy, and, in the nudes, too naked. Thus, it is very fortunate that these pictures are so incisively introduced here by Sebastian Smee, calling attention to their allusions, the implications of their brushwork and impasto, and Freud's hopes for his achievement in them. One can look again--and start to really see. Ray Olson