{"product_id":"british-artists-lucian-freud-by-virginia-button-9781849763141","title":"British Artists: Lucian Freud","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLucian Freud (1922 - 2011) was one of the most influential artists of his generation. Hailed as the 'greatest living realist painter', Freud's commitment to realism, and particularly to the human figure, was often controversial. Always creating debate, Freud consistently addressed questions of human existence and perception, testing, through a sustained practice of looking, the possibility of knowing and recording human individuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn this brand new survey of the artist's life and work, Virginia Button introduces us to one of the twentieth century's most important artists. \u003cem\u003eBritish Artists: Lucian Freud\u003c\/em\u003e is organised in seven thematic chapters, covering the whole span of Freud's life and work:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter One: Commitment to Looking\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Two: Commitment to Painting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Three: The Studio: Proximity and Reflective Distance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Four: The Naked Portrait\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Five: The Artist's Eye: Freud and the Old Masters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChapter Six: Time and Reality: Freud's Significance and Legacy\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47340659015916,"sku":"9781849763141","price":42.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/16273073482846.jpg?v=1772164056","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/british-artists-lucian-freud-by-virginia-button-9781849763141","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}