Although Lucian Freud (1922-2011), grandson of Sigmund Freud, is a painter mostly known for his portraits of unattractive people (and dogs) lounging around naked in scuzzy flats, he was also a lover of plants and executed many fine portraits of weeds and nondescript horticulture in the area of west London where he lived (Google: 'Garden, Notting Hill Gate', 1997; 'Two Plants', 1977- 80). I recently came across these paintings in a book I acquired and couldn't quite believe these exquisite finely detailed works were by the same artist who produced (in my eyes) unlovely nude portraits such as Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, which looks like it was painted with a well-used trowel. It's as if Warhol painted the Hay Wain straight after his famous tins of soup. Then I was wandering round my local park thinking it was far too presumptuous for me, a nobody, to describe Lucian Freud, the grandson of the founder of psychoanalysis, as schizophrenic, just because he painted rough people and refined plants, when I noticed the leaves on the trees were just beginning to turn.
Limited Edition Prints.
Printed on William Turner Hahnemuhle fine art exhibition quality paper (310 g/m2) using Epson Ultrachrome Pro Pigments, the colours remain true to the original up to 100 years.
The image size is 40×40 cms and there is an additional 3 cms border all the way round the image (ie total size: 46×46 cms). The artist will sign and number the print in this border. The print is unframed.
Prints will leave the artists studio within 7 days, rolled in a heavy tube, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and sent via track and trace.
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Although Lucian Freud (1922-2011), grandson of Sigmund Freud, is a painter mostly known for his portraits of unattractive people (and dogs) lounging around naked in scuzzy flats, he was also a lover of plants and executed many fine portraits of weeds and nondescript horticulture in the area of west London where he lived (Google: 'Garden, Notting Hill Gate', 1997; 'Two Plants', 1977- 80). I recently came across these paintings in a book I acquired and couldn't quite believe these exquisite finely detailed works were by the same artist who produced (in my eyes) unlovely nude portraits such as Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, which looks like it was painted with a well-used trowel. It's as if Warhol painted the Hay Wain straight after his famous tins of soup. Then I was wandering round my local park thinking it was far too presumptuous for me, a nobody, to describe Lucian Freud, the grandson of the founder of psychoanalysis, as schizophrenic, just because he painted rough people and refined plants, when I noticed the leaves on the trees were just beginning to turn.
Limited Edition Prints.
Printed on William Turner Hahnemuhle fine art exhibition quality paper (310 g/m2) using Epson Ultrachrome Pro Pigments, the colours remain true to the original up to 100 years.
The image size is 40×40 cms and there is an additional 3 cms border all the way round the image (ie total size: 46×46 cms). The artist will sign and number the print in this border. The print is unframed.
Prints will leave the artists studio within 7 days, rolled in a heavy tube, accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity and sent via track and trace.
Acrylics
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