22/07/2011 14:03
Towering artist Lucian Freud dies at the age of 88
Lucian Freud, a great and uncompromising figure in the art world for more than 50 years, died, his New York-based art dealer said Thursday. The artist was 88, reports the ctv.ca.
Spokeswoman Bettina Prentice said that Freud died after an illness at his London home late Wednesday night, but didn't give any further details.
Freud, a grandson of the psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud, was born in Berlin in 1922 and fled to Britain with his Jewish family in 1933, when he was 10, the BBC informs.
Freud - particularly known for his paintings of nudes - became a British citizen in 1939.
The sources inform that his portrayal of an overweight nude woman sleeping on a couch sold in 2008 for $33.6m (£20.6m) - a world record for a work by a living artist.