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Lucian Freud: Portraits

11 AM

to 5 PM

Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

3200 Darnell Street , Fort Worth, TX

Age Limit

N/A

Free - $10


Lucian Freud: Portraits

Start date: Sunday, July 1, 2012
End Date: Sunday, October 28, 2012

Lucian Freud is widely considered the greatest portrait painter of the twentieth century. His visceral renderings of people from all walks of life have a painterly and psychological drama that is unparalleled in contemporary art. For much of a century—from the late 1940s until his recent death in July 2011—Freud made the living human presence his subject. The Modern’s chief curator, Michael Auping, remarks,“ While numerous generations of artists working in the genre of portraiture have come to rely on the photographic image, Freud always insisted on being in the room with his subjects as he painted. His portraits are not only the result of the artist’s intense observations, but often subtle interactions between painter and subject. His paintings represent these relationships, as well as the unique people they portray.”

Freud’s subjects range from neighbors, friends, lovers, family, art world personalities, and royalty. His paintings are, in essence, a visual biography. The exhibition will be divided into broad thematic groups that concentrate on particular periods; groups of sitters; and formal considerations, demonstrating the development of the artist’s painting techniques.

$10 - General (13 to Adult), $4 - Students with ID and Seniors (60+), Free - Children 12 and under. Admission includes entrance to permanent collection exhibitions, all special and traveling exhibitions, and scheduled tours and gallery programs. The Museum is free on the first Sunday of every month and half price every Wednesday.

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Sorry, this event ended on Oct. 28, 2012.


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