Who was Lucian Michael Freud?
Q: Who was Lucian Michael Freud?
A: Lucian Michael Freud was an Anglo-German painter who is regarded as one of the greatest painters of the human form.
Q: When and where was he born?
A: He was born in Berlin on December 8, 1922.
Q: What year did his family move to England?
A: His family moved to England in 1933 to escape from the Nazis.
Q: What nationality did he become in 1939?
A: He became a British citizen in 1939.
Q: Who was his father?
A: His father, an architect, was the son of Sigmund Freud.
Q: How did people describe his portraits?
A: People described his portraits as being brutally honest; he did not try to make people look good.
Q: What painting sold for US$33.6 million in 2008? A: In 2008, "Benefits Supervisor Sleeping", a painting of a fat nude woman asleep on a couch, sold for US$33.6 million — the most ever paid for a painting by a living artist.
