Lucian Freud's reflection (self-portrait)

摘要

Lucian Freud (1922-2011), grandson of Signrund Freud, is considered to be the leading realist painter of the last century. His father Ernst Freud, an architect, was the 4th of Sigmund Freud's 6 children and was the youngest son. Lucian grewup in Berlin, Germany, far from the influence of the birthplace of psychoanalysis in Vienna, Austria. Grandfather Sigmund visited Lucian's family in Berlin regularly during his childhood, and he also came to Berlin for treatment of a malignant squa-mous cell carcinoma of the palate. Sigmund gave his grandson Lucian an illustrated version of The Arabian Nights and Brueghel prints, and read comic strips (Max and Moritz) with him, facilitating Lucian's interest in art.1'2 Living in Berlin in 1930 as an 8-year-old Germanjew, Lucian learned of discrimination when he was told he was not eligible for the Hitler Youth.