Naked Portrait
A Memoir of my Father Lucian Freud
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Product details:
- Edition number Main Market Ed.
- Publisher Picador
- Date of Publication 29 May 2025
- Number of Volumes B-format paperback
- ISBN 9781035024926
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages416 pages
- Size 197x130 mm
- Language English 700
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Short description:
A searing memoir of Rose Boyt?s relationship with her father, the renowned artist Lucian Freud.
MoreLong description:
?Hypnotic and propulsive? - The Sunday Times
?Thrilling? - The TLS
?Compulsive? - The Observer
Nothing had been discussed, I just assumed I would be naked. I got undressed and asked him what he would like me to do. He said it was up to me.
In Naked Portrait, Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while she was sitting for him and which she found five years after his death. Enthralled by his genius, she had remembered all the extraordinary stories he had told her to keep her entertained in the studio as uncontentious and amusing. As she looks back, though, the shock of the truth is profound, although what emerges is her love and compassion not just for herself as a vulnerable young woman, but for the man himself, who is shown in all his brilliant complexity.
?Packed to the rafters with wisdom and insight, this immersive account of being the child of a genius is, itself, a work of art? Frances Wilson, The Telegraph ?Books of the Year?
?Beyond the father?daughter dynamic is an evocative tale of coming of age in London in the 1980s, one marked by grief, bad boyfriends, sexual compromises and camaraderie. So much life worth telling, out beyond the shadows of great men? Hettie Judah, The Times Literary Supplement
?The unexpected miracle of the book is its emotional complexity? - Claire Dederer, The Guardian
'One of the compulsive aspects of Boyt?s book is that, as a reader, you get to listen in on her trying to make honest sense of events that go well beyond what any daughter might be expected to fathom. I ended up reading it in one sitting, well into the early hours of the following day.' More
