内容简介
Thisvolume,withmorethan400reproductions,willbethemostcomprehensivepublicationtodateonLucianFreud,coveringaspanofseventyyearsandincludingmanyworksnotpreviouslyreproduced.Theresultisacorpusofgreatworksthatrevealhimt
作者简介
NewYorkTimes,12/7/2007LUCIANFREUDbyWilliamFeaver(Rizzoli,488pages;$135).ThemostfamouslivingpainterinBritainnowhasasubstantialvolumetomatchhisspectacularlyponderoussubjects.Withmorethan400reproductionsandanessayandinterviewsbytheBritishcriticWilliamFeaver,thebooktakesthefullmeasureofMr.Freud'scareer,fromhisearlystill-lifestohismatureself-portraits.InMr.Feaver'swryprose,oneportraitexudes"lustrousfleshinessandsquiffymalevolence,"another"breathesthesnoringexhaustionoffull-termpregnancy."Inhisconversationswiththeauthor,theartistreminiscesabouthismuses(LeighBowery),influences(Constable,Courbet)andcontemporaries(Pinter,Bacon),circlingbacktothemaniacallyintensecommitmentandrobust"innerlife"hehasconsistentlydemandedfromhissitters.KARENROSENBERG
