Lucian Freud Biography and Artwork

By / March 13, 2024

Lucian Michael Freud, a prominent British painter and portraitist, was born in Berlin in 1922. His artistic talent was inherited from his father Ernst L. Freud, a Jewish architect, and his grandfather Sigmund Freud. Lucian specialized in figurative art that focused on portraiture and painting throughout his career.

He developed a highly individualistic painting style characterized by impasto – the thick application of paint onto the canvas – that showcased his masterful use of color and texture. In 1933, as Nazism rose to power in Germany, he fled with his family to England where he later became a British citizen.

Lucian is known for creating portraits that were intensely intimate and personal while simultaneously conveying psychological depths through unique expressions and poses. He often chose family members, friends, colleagues, acquaintances or even himself as subjects in his paintings.

As one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century, Lucian’s confrontational style has gained widespread recognition within art circles worldwide. Despite passing away in 2011 at age 88 , he left behind an incredible body of work that continues to influence modern-day artists today.

All Lucian Freud Artwork on Artchive

Artwork Name Year Medium
Annabel, portrait III 1987 oil,canvas
Annabel Sleeping 1987 - 1988 oil,canvas
Annie 1962 oil,canvas
Annie and Alice 1975 oil,canvas
A Painter 1962 oil,canvas
Armchair by the Fireplace 1997 oil,canvas
A Woman Painter 1954 oil,canvas
A Young Painter 1958 oil,canvas
Baby on a Green Sofa 1961 oil,canvas
Bella 1996 oil,canvas
Ib 1983 - 1984 oil,canvas
Ib and her Husband 1992 oil,canvas
Ill in Paris 1948
Interior at Paddington 1951 oil,canvas
Interior with Hand Mirror (Self-Portrait) c.1967 oil,canvas
Interior with Plant, Reflection Listening (Self-Portrait) 1967 - 1968 oil,canvas
Irish Woman on a Bed 2003 - 2004 oil,canvas
Isaiah Berlin 1997
John Deakin 1963 - 1964
John Minton 1952 oil,canvas
Solicitors Head 2003
Standing by the Rags 1988 - 1989 oil,canvas
Stephen Spender 1940 oil,canvas
Still Life (Quinces) 1981 - 1982 oil,canvas
Still-Life with a Book 1991 - 1992 oil,canvas
Strawberries 1952 oil,canvas
Sunny Morning Eight Legs 1997 oil,canvas
Susanna 1996
Susanna 1999 oil,canvas
Susie 1988 oil,canvas
Bella 1981 oil,canvas
Bella 1982 - 1983 oil,canvas
Bella 1986 oil,canvas
Bella and Esther 1987 - 1988 oil,canvas
Bella Final Version State II 1987
Bella in her Pluto T-Shirt 1995
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (also known as Big Sue) 1995 oil,canvas
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping II 1995 oil,canvas
Blond Girl 1985
Blond Girl, Night Portrait 1980 - 1985 oil,canvas
John Richardson 1998 oil,canvas
Julie and Martin 2001 oil,canvas
Kate Moss 2002 oil,canvas
Kingcups Souvenir of Glen Artney 1967 oil,canvas
Landscape with Birds 1940 oil,canvas
Large Head 1993
Large Interior, Paddington 1968 - 1969 oil,canvas
Last Portrait of Leigh 1995 oil,canvas
Lawrence Gowing 1972 charcoal
Leigh Bowery 1991 oil,canvas
Susie 1988 - 1989 oil,canvas
The Big Man 1976 - 1977 oil,canvas
The Butcher's Daughter 2000 oil,canvas
The Egyptian Book 1994
The Painter's Brother, Stephen 1985 - 1986 oil,canvas
The Painter's Daughter Ib 1977 - 1978 oil,canvas
The Painter's Doctor 2006
The Painter's Father 1970 pencil
The Painter's Garden 2003 - 2004 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother 1992
Box of Apples in Wales 1939 oil,canvas
Boy's Head 1952 oil,canvas
Bruce Bernard 1992 oil,canvas
Bruce Bernard Seated 1996 oil,canvas
Buttercups 1968 oil,canvas
Child Reading II 1961
Child with a Toy Dog 1956 - 1958 oil,canvas
Cyclamen 1964 oil,canvas
Daffodils and Celery 1947 - 1948 oil,canvas
Dark Coat II 1948
Leigh on a Green Sofa 1993 oil,canvas
Leigh under the Skylight 1994 oil,canvas
Lord Goodman in his Yellow Pyjamas 1987
Lying by the Rags 1990 oil,canvas
Man at Night (Self-Portrait) 1947 - 1948 pen,ink,paper
Man in a Chair 1983 - 1985 oil,canvas
Man in a Headscarf (also known as The Procurer) 1954 oil,canvas
Man in a Mackintosh 1957 - 1958 oil,canvas
Man in a Sports Shirt 1982 oil,canvas
Man in a String Chair 1988 - 1989 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother c.1972 canvas,oil
The Painter's Mother 1982 - 1984 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother 1984 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother II 1972 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother Reading 1975 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother Resting I 1975 - 1976 oil,canvas
The Painter's Mother Resting III 1977 oil,canvas
The Painter's Room 1944 oil,canvas
The Painter Surprised by a Naked Admirer 2004 - 2005 oil,canvas
The Pearce Family 1998 oil,canvas
Daughter and Father 2002 oil,canvas
David and Eli 2003 - 2004 oil,canvas
David Dawson 1998
David Hockney 2002 oil,canvas
David, Pluto and Eli 2001 oil,canvas
Donegal Man 2007
Double Portrait 1985 - 1986 oil,canvas
Double Portrait 1988 - 1990 oil,canvas
Eight Months Gone 1997 oil,canvas
Eli 2002 oil,canvas
Man in a White Shirt 2002 - 2003 oil,canvas
Man in Silver Suit 1998 oil,canvas
Man Posing c.1985 - c.1986
Man's Head, Self Portrait 1963 oil,canvas
Man's Head, Small Portrait III (Self-Portrait) 1963 oil,canvas
Man Smoking 1986 - 1987 oil,canvas
Man with a Blue Scarf 2003 - 2005 oil,canvas
Man with a Feather 1943 oil,canvas
Man with Arms Folded 1944
Man with Leg Up 1992 oil,canvas
The Sparrowhawk c.1947
The Village Boys 1942 oil,canvas
Thistle 1985
Triple Portrait 1986 - 1987 oil,canvas
Two Brothers from Ulster 2001 oil,canvas
Two Irishmen in W11 1984 - 1985 oil,canvas
Two Japanese Wrestlers by a Sink 1983 oil,canvas
Two Men 1987 - 1988 oil,canvas
Two Men in the Studio 1987 - 1989 oil,canvas
Untitled c.1948
Eli 2002
Eli and David 2005 - 2006 oil,canvas
Esther 1980 oil,canvas
Esther 1982 - 1983 oil,canvas
Evacuee Boy 1942 oil,canvas
Evening in the Studio 1993 oil,canvas
Father and Daughter 1949 oil,canvas
Figure with Bare Arms 1961 oil,canvas
Final Portrait 1976 - 1977
Flora with Blue Toe Nails 2000 - 2001 oil,canvas
Memory of London 1939 oil,canvas
Michael Andrews and June 1965 - 1966 oil,canvas
Naked Child Laughing 1963 oil,canvas
Naked Girl 1966 oil,canvas
Naked Girl 1985 oil,canvas
Naked Girl Asleep I 1967 oil,canvas
Naked Girl Asleep II 1968 oil,canvas
Naked Girl Perched on a Chair 1994 oil,canvas
Naked Girl with Egg 1980 - 1981 oil,canvas
Naked Man Back View 1992 oil,canvas
Untitled (Quince) 1947
Wasteground with Houses, Paddington 1970 - 1972 oil,canvas
Woman in a Butterfly Jersey 1990 - 1991 oil,canvas
Woman in a Grey Sweater 1988 oil,canvas
Woman in a White Shirt 1956 - 1957 oil,canvas
Woman Sleeping 1995
Woman Smiling 1958 - 1959 oil,canvas
Woman with a Daffodil 1945 oil,canvas
Woman with an Arm Tattoo 1996
Woman with a Tulip 1945 oil,canvas
Four Eggs on a Plate 2002 oil,canvas
Fragment Head of Gerald Wilde 1943 oil,panel
Frances Costelloe 2002 oil,canvas
Frances Costelloe 2003 oil,canvas
Francis Bacon 1952
Francis Bacon c.1956 watercolor
Francis Wyndham 1993
Frank Auerbach 1975 - 1976 oil,canvas
Fred 1985 oil,canvas
Garden from the Window 2002 oil,canvas
Naked Man with his Friend c.1978 - c.1980 oil,canvas
Naked Man with Rat 1977 oil,canvas
Naked Portait and a Green Chair 1999 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait c.1980 - c.1981 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait 2001 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait 1972 - 1973 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait 2004 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait 2004 - 2005
Naked Portrait 1999 oil,canvas
Naked Portrait with Reflection 1980 oil,canvas
Woman with Eyes Closed 2002 oil,canvas
Young Girl Resting 1960
Garden in Winter 1997 - 1999
Garden, Notting Hill Gate 1997 oil,canvas
Gaz 1997 oil,canvas
Girl by the Sea 1956 oil,canvas
Girl Holding her Foot 1985 oil,canvas
Girl in a Blanket 1953 oil,canvas
Girl in a Dark Jacket 1947 oil,canvas
Girl in a Fur Coat 1967 oil,canvas
Girl in a White Dress 1947 crayon,pastel,paper
Girl in Bed 1952 oil,canvas
Naked Solicitor 2003 oil,canvas
Naked woman on a sofa 1984 - 1985 oil,canvas
New Yorker 2006
Night Portrait 1978 oil,canvas
Night Portrait 1985 - 1986 oil,canvas
Night Portrait Face Down 1999 - 2000 oil,canvas
Paddington Interior, Harry Diamond 1970 oil,canvas
Painter Working, Reflection 1993 oil,canvas
Palm Tree 1944
Pluto and the Bateman Sisters 1996 oil,canvas
Girl in Striped Nightshirt 1985 oil,canvas
Girl Reading 1952 oil,canvas
Girl's Head c.1973 - c.1974 oil,canvas
Girl Sitting in the Attic Doorway 1995 oil,canvas
Girl with Fair Hair oil,canvas
Girl with Fig Leaf 1948
Girl with Fuzzy Hair 2004
Girl with her Eyes Closed c.1943 - c.1944
Girl with Leaves 1948
Girl with Roses 1947 - 1948 oil,canvas
Pluto's Grave 2003 oil,canvas
Portrait of a Head 2001 etching
Portrait of a Man 1946 oil,canvas
Portrait of a Young Man 1944
Portrait of Christian Berard 1948 paper
Portrait of Ib 1990 oil,canvas
Portrait of Rose 1978 - 1979 oil,canvas
Portrait of Stephen Spender 1940
Portrait on a Grey Cover 1996 oil,canvas
Portrait on a White Cover 2002 - 2003 oil,canvas
Acacia 1975 oil,canvas
A Filly 1970 oil,canvas
After Breakfast 2001 oil,canvas
After Cezanne 1999 - 2000 oil,canvas
After Chardin 1999 oil,canvas
Albie 2003 - 2004 oil,canvas
Girl Writing 1976 pencil
Grand Interior, Notting Hill 1998 oil,canvas
Grey Gelding 2003 oil,canvas
Guy and Speck 1980 - 1981 oil,canvas
Guy Half Asleep 1981 - 1982 oil,canvas
Head of a Boy 1953
Head of a Child 1954
Head of a Child 1961
Head of a Girl 1975 - 1976 oil,canvas
Head of Ali 1999
Pregnant Girl 1961 oil,board
Queen Elizabeth II 2000 - 2001 oil,canvas
Resting on the Green Chair 2000 oil,canvas
Robert Fellowes 1999 oil,canvas
Rose and Sweet Pea c.1947 oil,canvas
Sally Clarke 2008 oil,canvas
Seaside Garden 1944
Seated Nude 1990 - 1991 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait 2002 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait 1939 - 1940 pencil
Ali 1974 oil,canvas
Alice and Okie 1999 oil,canvas
Alice Costelloe 2003 oil,canvas
Aline 2000 oil,canvas
A Man and his Daughter 1963 - 1964 oil,canvas
And the Bridegroom 2001 oil,canvas
Annabel 1972 oil,canvas
Annabel 1975 pencil
Annabel 1967 oil,canvas
Annabel and Rattler 1998 oil,canvas
Head of a Man 1981 - 1982 oil,canvas
Head of a Naked Girl 1999 oil,canvas
Head of an Irishman 1999 oil,canvas
Head of a woman (Portrait of Lady Elizabeth Cavendish) 1950 oil,canvas
Head of Boy with a Book 1944
Head of Bruce Bernard 1985 etching
Head of the Big Man 1975 oil,canvas
Head on a Green Sofa 1960 - 1961 oil,canvas
Horse Smiling c.1939 - c.1940
Hotel Bedroom 1954 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait, Reflection 2003 - 2004 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait with Black Eye c.1978 oil,canvas
Self-Portrait with Hyacinth in a Pot c.1947 - c.1948 oil,canvas
Sir Cedric Morris 1940 oil,canvas
Skewbald Mare 2004 oil,canvas
Sleeping by the Lion Carpet (also known as Sue Tilley) 1996 oil,canvas
Sleeping Head 1962 oil,canvas
Sleeping Nude oil,canvas
Small Naked Portrait 1973 - 1974 oil,canvas
Small Portait 2001 oil,canvas
Painter and model 1986 - 1987 Oil on Canvas
Naked man on a bed 1987 Oil on Canvas
Blond girl on a bed 1987 Oil on Canvas
Naked Girl Asleep, Ii 1968 Oil On Canvas
Girl with closed eyes 1986 - 1987 Oil on Canvas
Girl with a white dog c.1951 - c.1952 Oil on Canvas
Large Interior, W.9 1973 Oil on Canvas
Interior In Paddington 1951 Oil On Canvas
John Minton 1952 Oil On Canvas
Man In A Chair 1983-85 Oil On Canvas
Red-haired man on a chair 1962 - 1963 Oil on Canvas
Large Interior W.11 (after Watteau) 1981 - 1983 Oil on Canvas
Reflection (self portrait) 1985 Oil on Canvas
Reflection with two children (self portrait) 1965 Oil on Canvas
Girl in a dark dress 1951 Oil on Canvas
Factory in North London 1972 Oil on Canvas
Girl with a kitten 1947 Oil on Canvas
The painter's mother III 1972 Oil on Canvas
Two plants 1977 - 1980 Oil on Canvas

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