Love Lucian

The Letters of Lucian Freud 19391954

David Dawson, Martin Gayford

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Year: 2022
• eBook ISBN: 9780500777510
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Artist Monographs

The young Lucian Freud was described by his friend Stephen Spender as totally alive, like something not entirely human, a leprechaun, a changeling child, or, if there is a male opposite, a witch. All that magnetism and brilliance is displayed in the letters assembled here, many published for the first time. From schoolboy messages to his parents, though letters to friends, lovers, and confidants, to correspondence with patrons and associates as he became established as a professional painter, they are peppered with wit, affection and irreverence. Collectively, they provide a powerful insight into his early life and art. Co-authored by David Dawson, Freuds longstanding personal assistant and now Director of the Lucian Freud Archive, and Martin Gayford, author, critic, and friend of the artist, this is the first published collection of Freuds correspondence. Reproduced in facsimile alongside reproductions of Freuds artwork, the letters are linked by a narrative that weaves them into the story of his life and relationships through his formative first three decades.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• About the Author
• Other titles of interest published by Thames & Hudson
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Childhood and Youth, 1922–1939
• 2. Dedham and Capel Curig, 1939–1940
• 3. Benton End and London, 1940–1941
• 4. Liverpool and Atlantic Convoy, 1941
• 5. Maresfield Gardens and Abercorn Place, 1942
• 6. Abercorn Place, Scotland, and Cornwall, 1943
• 7. Delamere Terrace, Cornwall, and the Scilly Isles, 1944–1945
• 8. Paris and Greece, 1946
• 9. London, Paris, and Provence, 1947
• 10. London, Connemara, Paris, and Villefranche, 1948–1949
• 11. London, Dublin, and Jamaica, 1950–1953
• 12. Biarritz and Paris, 1953–1954
• Acknowledgments
• Notes to the text
• Bibliography
• Illustration credits
• Index
• Copyright