"Further proof of the unflagging appetite for Lucian Freud exhibitions comes this month as the National Portrait Gallery (NPG) in London opens the UK's most significant survey of the artist's works on paper to date, in an exhibition of 170 drawings, etchings and paintings. One of the great figurative artists of the 20th century, Freud (1922-2011) topped The Art Newspaper's 2019 survey of the contemporary artists most frequently exhibited in London since the turn of the century."
"Acquired by the NPG after Freud's death in 2011, the archive presents a rich and plentiful supply of new material, augmented by the acquisition in 2024 of 12 works from the artist's estate, among them eight etchings, which are the first by Freud to enter the gallery's collection. Comprising 48 sketchbooks, unfinished paintings, childhood drawings and letters, the archive materials "reveal the artist's thought processes in a way finished paintings cannot", Howgate says."
The National Portrait Gallery in London presents a major survey of Lucian Freud's works on paper, comprising 170 drawings, etchings and paintings. The exhibition draws on the NPG's archive acquired after Freud's death in 2011 and a 2024 acquisition of 12 works from the artist's estate, including eight etchings that are the first by Freud to enter the collection. The archive contains 48 sketchbooks, unfinished paintings, childhood drawings and letters. The sketchbooks dispel the myth that Freud stopped drawing in the 1950s and show drawing continuing privately alongside his painting practice. Curators Sarah Howgate and David Dawson frame the show as a more intimate view of the artist.
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