The ironic thing about Lucian Freud is that he is a well known, respected "contemporary" artist. He's known for his lifesize figurative paintings full of unusually composed groups of people, wraught with "meaning". I was told in art school by a famous teacher (I never understood him quite frankly) that I paint "too pretty." This was his critique of a portrait actually...anyway...he mentioned that I should study the work of Freud.
I'm glad I didn't.
