This work is Taschen's 25th anniversary - special edition! This work explores the unflinching truth. British artist Lucian Freud is widely considered the most important figurative painter working today. Master portraitist and specialist in nudes, Freud uses impasto to create depth and intensity while restraining his color palate to mostly muted hues. His portraits may be physically unflattering to their subjects, but they are honest, frank, and unapologetic. 'I paint people', Freud has said, 'not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be'.
- ISBN13 9783836512497
- Publish Date 25 February 2009
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 31 March 2017
- Publish Country DE
- Imprint Taschen GmbH
- Edition Taschen's 25th anniversary ed
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 96
- Language English