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© David Dawson, The Life of Lucian Freud

#1: The Painter’s Feet, 2010
#2: Lucian Shaving, 2006
#3: Grey Gelding, 2003
#4: Working at Night, 2005

When British painter Lucian Freud died in July 2011, TIME’s art critic Richard Lacayo wrote that Freud “proved with a bang the continuing vitality of the figurative tradition in art.” A prodigious realist painter, who many considered one of the greatest British artists of his generation, Freud began his career using sharp, tight lines. In the 1950s, he set aside his thin brushes for thicker, hog’s-bristle brushes that Lacayo wrote “pushed pigment across the canvas in rich, thick flourishes.”

During 20 years as Freud’s assistant, model, and friend, David Dawson was witness to the creation of some of the most celebrated paintings of our age. His unique access led to the development of a portfolio of strikingly intimate photographs of Freud which have become iconic works in their own right.

(read more here, here and here)

David Dawson: Working with Lucian Freud is on view at the Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, West Sussex, UK. Exhibition dates: Jan. 28 – May 20, 2012.
An exhibition of photographs by David Dawson will be available for sale at Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert through Mar. 2, 2012.

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