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Title: Lucian Freud by William Feaver ISBN: 0-8109-6267-5 Publisher: Tate Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An In-Depth Survey of This Important Painter
Comment: LUCIEN FREUD is certainly one of the most talked about contemporary figurative artists around the world. Most people are familiar with his greater than life-sized portraits of corpulent male and female nudes and of his much talked about protraits of friends such as Francis Bacon and David Hockney. But few of us have been exposed to the gamut of this artist's output to the extent that this very fine book by William Feaver investigates the entire career of the grandson of Sigmund Freud.
The book is a catologue for the exhibition currently in Los Angeles, having opened in London and travelled to Barcelona. But to classify the scholarly and intensively detailed tome as an 'exhibition catalogue' simply does not do justice to the scope of this volume. The writing by Feaver is wise, witty, and thoroughly readable - the essay portion that opens the book is more a biography and an analysis of Freud's position in art history than a resume. The color reproductions are superb, spreading as they do across two pages for the very large paintings. As a catalogue the editors can be forgiven for not including sufficient 'detail views' that enhance understanding, but this is a minor point. The supporting data in the back of the book is as fine a catalogue raisonne as has been published to date.
Those of us fortunate enough to live in Los Angeles allowing multiple visits to this impressive exhibition can use Feaver's book as a Master Class on Lucien Freud. But the book stands alone in its mastery of the life and work of this exciting painter. Highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: At last ...
Comment: The definitive book on one of the greatest figurative painters of our time. The format is large enough (double paged, at times), the repros rich enough, and the scope comprehensive enough to properly capture a life/work as important as Lucian's. A must have.
Look into the work of Phil Hale ("Goad" from grantbooks.com), Odd Nerdrum (nerdrum.com) and Jenny Saville (geocities.com/craigsjursen/index.html) if you enjoy this artist.
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Title: Lucian Freud: Paintings by Robert Hughes ISBN: 0500275351 Publisher: Thames & Hudson Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Philip Pearlstein : Since 1983 by Robert Storr ISBN: 0810904357 Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Pub. Date: 01 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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Title: Lucian Freud: Recent Drawings and Etchings by Lucian Freud, Leigh Bowery ISBN: 1880146096 Publisher: Matthew Marks Pub. Date: 1993 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Paula Rego by John McEwen ISBN: 0714836222 Publisher: Phaidon Press Inc. Pub. Date: 02 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Eric Fischl: Paintings and Drawings 1979-2001 by Gijs Van Tuyl, Fischl ISBN: 3775713794 Publisher: Hatje Cantz Publishers Pub. Date: January, 2004 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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