toobserve: One of the many self-portraits of Lucien Freud included in the Portraits exhibition at the Nation Portrait Gallery.  One of the reasons that the self-portraits are so interesting is due to the way they changed as Freud grew older. The earlier paintings were rather naïve, an artist trying to highlight how an artist should look, but as goes on you start to see the Freud that made a name for himself, looking inside his own character, conveying his own emotions of darkness and frailty. Each one is as telling as the next, they are all incredibly composed in their own separate ways, they highlight perfectly what the National is trying to accentuate in Freud’s work, his willingness to adapt in order to be a better artist. To Observe. harry loves to write about art http://toobserve.tumblr.com/ x
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went to the Freud exhibition at national portrait gallery today

i would have photos but i got caught and told off, so i apologise

but yeah, i really recommend it to anyone, its a really amazing collection of Freud’s work throughout his life, and highlights why he is considered one of the greatest painters of the 20th century

i totally bought the book.

(for a full review check out harrys AWSOMELY FANTASTIC piece about it - http://www.qmessenger.co.uk/content/712/lucian-freud-portraits-national-portrait-gallery)

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toobserve: A David Dawson photograph included in the new National Portrait Gallery exhibition of Lucian Freud at work.
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toobserve: Another of Lucian Freud’s paintings featuring “Big Sue”, shown at the National Portrait Gallery’s show, Lucian Freud Portraits
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