Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain’s Great Modern Painter

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pp. 260, “Lucian Freud’s artwork is instantly recognizable: shocking and even psychologically disturbing, his (often nude) portraits convey a profound yet compelling sense of discomfort. Twice married and the father of at least a dozen children, his many relationships with women were the subject of much gossip — but the man himself remained a mystery. An intensely private individual (during his lifetime he managed to prevent two planned biographies from emerging) Freud’s life, like his paintings, invite questions that have had no answer — until now.

In Breakfast with Lucian, Geordie Greig, one of a few close friends who regularly had breakfast with the painter during the last years of his life, tells an insider’s account — accessible, engaging, revealing — of one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating, enigmatic and controversial figures. Greig, who has studied his subject’s work at length, unravels the tangled thread of a life lived on Freud’s own uncompromising terms. Based on private conversations in which Freud held forth on everything from first love to gambling debts to the paintings of Velazquez, as well as interviews with friends, lovers and some of his children who have never before spoken publicly about their relationships with the painter, this is a deeply personal memoir that is also informed by a keen appreciation of Freud’s art. Fresh, funny, and ultimately profound, Breakfast with Lucian is an essential portrait — one worthy of one of the greatest painters of our time.”

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ISBN13 9780374116484
Number of pages 260
Original Title Breakfast with Lucian: The Astounding Life and Outrageous Times of Britain's Great Modern Painter
Published Date 2013
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition Very Good
Binding Hardcover
Size Larger 8vo
Place of Publication New York
Edition First edition
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pp. 260, “Lucian Freud’s artwork is instantly recognizable: shocking and even psychologically disturbing, his (often nude) portraits convey a profound yet compelling sense of discomfort. Twice married and the father of at least a dozen children, his many relationships with women were the subject of much gossip — but the man himself remained a mystery. An intensely private individual (during his lifetime he managed to prevent two planned biographies from emerging) Freud’s life, like his paintings, invite questions that have had no answer — until now.

In Breakfast with Lucian, Geordie Greig, one of a few close friends who regularly had breakfast with the painter during the last years of his life, tells an insider’s account — accessible, engaging, revealing — of one of the twentieth century’s most fascinating, enigmatic and controversial figures. Greig, who has studied his subject’s work at length, unravels the tangled thread of a life lived on Freud’s own uncompromising terms. Based on private conversations in which Freud held forth on everything from first love to gambling debts to the paintings of Velazquez, as well as interviews with friends, lovers and some of his children who have never before spoken publicly about their relationships with the painter, this is a deeply personal memoir that is also informed by a keen appreciation of Freud’s art. Fresh, funny, and ultimately profound, Breakfast with Lucian is an essential portrait — one worthy of one of the greatest painters of our time.”

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