Rest in Peace dearest Lucian Freud. Yes, he was 88 — and considering his lifestyle that’s damn good — but I’m rather broken up about this. Really, I haven’t felt this bad about a famous person dying, who I didn’t personally know, since Jim Henson and Sam Kinison.
I was lucky enough to see his retrospective at LACMA. I felt really bad for fellow CalArts alumna Laura Owens to have her show next to his. To put any other painter next to a Lucian Freud exhibit is just plain mean, because his work will piss all over them without even trying. That isn’t to say Lucian didn’t try, in fact, he was a notoriously slow painter.
In any event, here are just some of my favorite works…
Arty Farty 
Wahhhhhhh.
He and Alice Neel just rocked my (art) world when it came to painting.
Such amazing palettes…
What a crappy couple of years, huh? Louise Bourgeois, Cy Twomby, Kenneth Noland, Sigmar Polke…hmmm
Who am I forgetting…well, it’s easier (in a way) when they’ve lived a long and productive life…not when they’re taken too soon like Hesse and Harring.
Have you already seen this?
I thought it was one of the best articles I’ve read on him (but then I always like the personal stuff: it really helps me to better understand someone’s work.)