‘Sigmund would have loved this’ – Lucian Freud: The Painter and his Family review - The Guardian

The painter’s sex life drove his art. Does this show think that’s too vulgar to go into? The result is richly ironic: a case of repression in the building that houses Sigmund’s consulting couch

Three generations meet in Sigmund Freuds study at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London. Lucian Freuds painting of his mother, Lucie, hangs over his grandfathers famous consulting couch. The woman lies as if… [+5949 chars]

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