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Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985

Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985. How to analyse a portrait. STYLE Art movement – contemporary or modern abstract, realistic or stylized – why?. SUBJECT/ CONTENT This is a portrait of….. self portrait/ friend/ family member

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Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985

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  1. Lucian FreudReflection (self portrait)Oil on CanvasDate: 1985

  2. How to analyse a portrait • STYLE • Art movement – contemporary or modern • abstract, realistic or stylized – why? • SUBJECT/ CONTENT • This is a portrait of….. • self portrait/ friend/ family member • (look at the title underneath the painting) • every day/ special occasion • captures a moment / historical • status of sitter – rich/ middleclass/ working class • emotions / feelings • COMPOSITION / FORM • main focal point • ( where your eye is drawn to) • viewpoint of the artist • ( where the artist has painted the portrait from) • foreground /middle-ground • background • pose - how the model is • standing, sitting or reclining and what that means • Form – 2D or 3D – why? PORTRAIT Spider • HANDLING OF MATERIALS • choice of materials • brush strokes • direction of different strokes or • marks and where? • tools: paintbrush or palette knife • application of paint/ layered thickly or thin layers and where? • Flat or raised surface texture • translucent / opaque • pace of work/ time taken • VISUAL ELEMENTS • What is the main visual • Element? Where are these in • the painting and what effect • do they have? • line • colour • texture • tone • shape • form • pattern • Opinion/ Mood • personal reaction to the artwork – how does it make you feel? • feelings of the sitter • ( facial expressions) • atmosphere (link to colour palette) • artist’s personality • message

  3. Lucian FreudReflection (self portrait)Oil on CanvasDate: 1985 Lucian Freud Oil on CanvasReflection, Self Portrait2002 Lucian Freud Self-portrait1963 Oil on Canvas Lucian Freud Self-Portrait With A Black Eye 1978Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Self Portrait 1948 Oil on canvas

  4. Lucian Freud Lucian Freud Self Portrait1948Oil on canvas Lucian FreudReflection (self portrait)Oil on CanvasDate: 1985

  5. Surrealist portraits – early works Lucian Freud Girl with a kitten1947Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Minton 1952 Oil on canvas Lucian FreudFrancis Bacon 1952 Oil on Metal, Lucian Freud Girl in a Dark Jacket 1947Oil on panel

  6. Surrealist portraits – early works Lucian Freud Girl with a kitten1947Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Minton 1952 Oil on canvas Lucian FreudFrancis Bacon 1952 Oil on Metal, Lucian Freud Girl in a Dark Jacket 1947Oil on panel • Style: surrealist – over exaggerated facial features • lacking realistic tonal values and details • Handling of materials: blended paint, brushstrokes less visible • Mood/ atmosphere: sombre

  7. Lucian Freud Esther 1982-83 oil on canvas Lucian Freud Queen Elizabeth II 2001 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Sleeping Head 1980 Oil on Canvas

  8. Lucian Freud Head of a Woman Painted in 1990-91Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Head of a Naked Girl 1999 oil on canvas Lucian Freud The Painter's Mother III (1972) Oil on Canvas Lucian FreudDavid Hockney2002oil on canvas

  9. How to analyse a portrait • STYLE • Art movement – contemporary or modern • abstract, realistic or stylized – why? • SUBJECT/ CONTENT • This is a portrait of….. • self portrait/ friend/ family member • (look at the title underneath the painting) • every day/ special occasion • captures a moment / historical • status of sitter – rich/ middleclass/ working class • emotions / feelings • COMPOSITION / FORM • main focal point • ( where your eye is drawn to) • viewpoint of the artist • ( where the artist has painted the portrait from) • foreground /middle-ground • background • pose - how the model is • standing, sitting or reclining and what that means • Form – 2D or 3D – why? PORTRAIT Spider • HANDLING OF MATERIALS • choice of materials • brush strokes • direction of different strokes or • marks and where? • tools: paintbrush or palette knife • application of paint/ layered thickly or thin layers and where? • Flat or raised surface texture • translucent / opaque • pace of work/ time taken • VISUAL ELEMENTS • What is the main visual • Element? Where are these in • the painting and what effect • do they have? • line • colour • texture • tone • shape • form • pattern • Opinion/ Mood • personal reaction to the artwork – how does it make you feel? • feelings of the sitter • ( facial expressions) • atmosphere (link to colour palette) • artist’s personality • message

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