Lucian Freud (1922-2011)

To mark 100 years since the artist’s birth, "Lucian Freud: Family Matters" will be shown at his grandfather’s Hampstead house, now the Freud Museum, from July 6 - Jan 29. It includes drawings and letters, a collection of books he owned, paintings and drawings, shedding light on his boyhood and family life. (Guardian)

A portrait by Lucian Freud is to be sold next month. The etching profiles Jeremy King – the restaurateur behind the Mayfair establishment, Wolseley, where Freud dined almost every evening in the last few years of his life. He was completing the piece when he died in 2011. It is estimated at £350,000. (Guardian)

“Standing Male Nude” was bought 25 years ago by a Swiss collector. Freud rang the collector demanding to buy the work back; the collector refused, so Freud ensured he would never sell it and declined to authenticate it. Now, after years of research, three studies have concluded it was painted by Freud. (Guardian)

The 1964 painting Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud has been out of public view for almost 60 years. Bacon based it on a photo shot by his friend and assistant John Deakin, showing Freud sitting on a bed with outstretched arms. It was originally painted as a central panel of a large-scale triptych. 

Toby Treves’ study Lucian Freud: Catalogue Raisonné of the Prints will include a number of rejected or reworked etchings, published for the first time. Many of them were trial proofs, now at the Victoria and Albert Museum, which belonged to the late printmaker Marc Balakjian, who worked closely with Freud. (Guardian)

The charcoal on canvas Sketch of Goldie was left with the owner of Wormwood Scrubs Pony Centre in West London, where Freud painted several horse portraits; the rare preliminary study (est. £40,000/60,000) will be offered on December 3, with all profits going to the stable.

A 1964 painting of Lucian Freud by his contemporary Francis Bacon, Study for Portrait of Lucian Freud, was inspired by a photo of Freud sitting on a bed with outstretched arms. Having had a lot of attention in the press leading up to its sale, it fetched £43M ($52M), meeting its estimated value. (ARTnews)

The most successful German artists in the market in 2021, according to an Artprice report, are none other than Wassily Kandinsky, Sigmar Polke, Lucian Freud and Gerhard Richter.

Claude Bernard was one of the most prominent gallerists in France. After a long struggle with illness, Bernard passed away on Wednesday at the age of 93. Since his art debut in 1957, many hefty names have passed through his books, amongst them Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Giacometti and many others. (LeFigaro)

After 18 months of works, Freud’s home at 19 Berggasse in Vienna opened its doors this weekend with an exhibition space almost doubled in size. Visitors can discover Freud’s reconstructed home as well as a contemporary art collection begun in the 90s by American artist Joseph Kosuth.