Lucian Freud
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Lucian Michael Freud was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, who is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.
Freud in 2005
Girl with a White Dog, 1951–1952, Tate Gallery. Portrait of Freud's first wife, Kitty Garman, the daughter of Jacob Epstein and Kathleen Garman
138 Kensington Church Street (left). This was Freud's residence and studio from the late 1970s until his death.
Benefits Supervisor Sleeping, 1995, a very large portrait of "Big Sue" Tilley, showing his handling of flesh tones, and a typical high viewpoint
Lady Caroline Blackwood
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Lady Caroline Maureen Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, known as Caroline Blackwood, was an English writer, socialite, and muse. Her novels have been praised for their wit and intelligence. One of her works
Lucian Freud
…later known as Kitty Godley (after her marriage in 1955 to economist Wynne Godley), died in 2011. In 1952, Freud eloped with Guinness heiress and writer Lady Caroline Blackwood to Paris, where they married in 1953; they divorced in 1959. During the late 1970s and '80s, Freud was in a relationship with painter Celia Paul. Freud…
Blackwood in 1953