"Spanning drawing, etching and painting, the National Portrait Gallery presents Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting, bringing together around 170 works from its archive and key loans - many seldom seen before. Curated by Sarah Howgate and David Dawson, the exhibition foregrounds Freud's working process across different media, with a particular focus on drawing and etching. Alongside paintings and works on paper, it includes 48 sketchbooks, letters, and unfinished works that Freud created throughout his life, with drawings made from as early as age six."
"The display offers an unusually close view of his methods and thought processes. In later life, Freud returned to drawing through etching - often making studies directly from finished paintings, using the plate to isolate a section or motif and push it into sharper focus. Works connected to Large Interior, W11 (after Watteau) (1981-83) show this reverse movement in depth."
The National Portrait Gallery presents Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting, bringing together around 170 works from its archive and key loans, many seldom seen. Curated by Sarah Howgate and David Dawson, the display foregrounds drawing and etching alongside paintings and works on paper. Forty-eight sketchbooks, letters and unfinished pieces trace creative development from drawings made as early as age six. In later life Freud often returned to etching, making studies directly from finished paintings and isolating motifs on the plate. Sitters include David Hockney, John Craxton, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and family members such as Kitty Garman, Caroline Blackwood and Bella Freud, who sat across more than three decades.
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