"A Queen of many colours," interview with Martin Gayford, Daily Telegraph, (20 April 2006), p. 3
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I paint people not because of what they are like... but how they happen to be.
— Lucian Freud
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About Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and printmaker. He was born in Berlin, Germany and is the grandson of psychotherapist Sigmund Freud and brother of politician and writer Clement Freud.
About Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH (8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and printmaker. He was born in Berlin, Germany and is the grandson of psychotherapist Sigmund Freud and brother of politician and writer Clement Freud.
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