Lucian Freud Portraits

See more than 100 portraits by Lucian Freud at London's National Portrait Gallery.

Lucian Freud Portraits

Lucian Freud is known for his realistic portraits of characters ranging from benefits supervisor Sue Tilley to artists and performers, and even The Queen.

Now the National Portrait Gallery is displaying more than 100 of Freud's portraits, covering seven decades of work, from the early 1940s until the artist's death in July 2011.

The most ambitious Lucian Freud exhibition for ten years, Lucian Freud Portraits is part of the London 2012 Festival – the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad.

Lucian Freud Exhibition Highlights

As well as several self-portraits, you'll see pictures of Freud's lovers, friends and family, including:

• Freud's mother Lucie
• Artists Frank Auerbach, Francis Bacon and David Hockney
• Performance artist Leigh Bowery
• Bowery's friend Sue Tilley, the Benefits Supervisor Sleeping
• Freud's assistant David Dawson
• Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles

"His friends, family and acquaintances have always been eclectic, drawn from all walks of life," says curator Sarah Howgate, "and this is reflected in the variety of faces and bodies that occupy Freud's paintings."