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Lucian Freud

1922 - 2011

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Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, and is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists. He was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish architect Ernst L. Freud and the grandson of Sigmund Freud. Freud got his first name "Lucian" from his mother in memory of the ancient writer Lucian of Samosata. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lucian Freud has received more than 2,723,109 page views. His biography is available in 37 different languages on Wikipedia. Lucian Freud is the 375th most popular painter (down from 272nd in 2019), the 1,052nd most popular biography from Germany (down from 677th in 2019) and the 29th most popular German Painter.

Lucian Freud is a British painter who is known for his uncompromising portraits of friends and family.

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Among painters, Lucian Freud ranks 375 out of 1,421. Before him are Pieter Coecke van Aelst, Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson, Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Hamilton, Domenico Veneziano, and Joseph Kosuth. After him are Johann Friedrich Overbeck, André Masson, Alexander Roslin, Gabriele Münter, Marie Laurencin, and Armand Guillaumin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Lucian Freud ranks 59. Before him are Alberto Granado, Francesco Rosi, John B. Goodenough, Michael Cacoyannis, Har Gobind Khorana, and Richard Hamilton. After him are Toots Thielemans, Oskar Werner, Joan Fuster, Adolfo Celi, George Blake, and Yuri Lotman. Among people deceased in 2011, Lucian Freud ranks 57. Before him are Maria Altmann, Ernesto Sabato, Leonora Carrington, Michael Gough, Har Gobind Khorana, and Richard Hamilton. After him are Ralph M. Steinman, Roberts Blossom, Betty Ford, Pete Postlethwaite, Linda Christian, and Richard Winters.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Lucian Freud ranks 1,052 out of 6,142. Before him are Gerda Christian (1913), Julius Wellhausen (1844), Horst Tappert (1923), Johann Mattheson (1681), Walter Christaller (1893), and Princess Antoinette of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1696). After him are Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Karl Ludwig Harding (1765), Princess Alexandrine of Baden (1820), Hanns Eisler (1898), Sophie Amalie of Brunswick-Lüneburg (1628), and Gabriele Münter (1877).

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Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Lucian Freud ranks 29. Before him are Philipp Otto Runge (1777), Hendrik Goltzius (1558), Carl Spitzweg (1808), Oskar Schlemmer (1888), Max Liebermann (1847), and Stefan Lochner (1410). After him are Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789), Gabriele Münter (1877), Adam Elsheimer (1578), Georg Baselitz (1938), Konrad Witz (1400), and Max Klinger (1857).

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