![]() Our partners at Phaidon caught up with David Dawson, assistant to Freud for the last twenty years of his life, model and now Director of the Lucian Freud Archive, to talk about life with Lucian, following the recent publication of his new book, Lucian Freud: A Life. ![]() Born in Berlin on 8 December 1922 and dying in London on 20 July 2011, Freud had lived in Britain since 1933. ![]() Renowned for his unflinching observations, Lucian Freud is considered one of the great figurative artists. He pushed the boundaries of decorum in classical portraiture, exploring his lifelong desire to honestly render the human figure. Lucian was the grandson of Sigmund Freud, the pioneer of psychoanalysis. © The Lucian Freud Archive / Bridgeman Images photography by John Riddy Lucian Freud Reflection with Two Children (Self-portrait), 1965. ![]()
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