Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
Lucian Freud
Born: December 8, 1922
Died: July 20, 2011 (aged 88)
Bio: Lucian Michael Freud was a German-born British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impastoed portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time.
Known for:
- Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995)
- Girl with a Kitten (1947)
- Standing by the Rags (1989)
- Woman with an Arm Tattoo (1996)
- Portrait of Kitty
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