The National Portrait Gallery presents the exhibition of Lucian Feud's works, bringing together a selection of his most famous portraits. Lucian Freud (1922-2011) was a realist painter who gained recognition for the exquisite style of emotive, instinctual and almost physical, sensual painting. The exhibition allows a viewer to follow the progression of the artist's style, from flat,''clean brush'' paintings to the ones of generous paint application, of structural feel. The artworks are not only representations of faces and figures but they also allow a viewer for an insight into the artist's way of working, his relationship with a model, with space and with a medium. Exhibited in the cramped rooms of the venue the paintings seem to overwhelm the space. The almost tangible presence of the portrayed figures seems to add to the crowds of viewers.
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