Benefits supervisor Sue Tilley met Lucian Freud three decades ago. Now a painting of her could fetch £35m - ‘Big girls can do ...

We all have one friend that gets us into trouble. For Sue Tilley, it was Leigh Bowery: part performance artist, part fashion designer, totally bonkers. Throughout the 1980s, Tilley would spend her ...

Sue Tilley, the 60-something retired benefits supervisor and beloved sitter for Lucian Freud, has an uncanny meeting with her oil-on-canvas image before it heads to auction next month.

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She has discussed her unique relationship with the catwalk star, and her friendship with revered artist Lucian Freud. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going ...

Sue Tilley is best known as Lucian Freud‘s voluptuous model. When the nude portrait of her, Benefits Supervisor Sleeping (1995), hit the auction block in 2008, it sold for $33.6m (£17.2m), breaking ...

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Lucian Freud’s final painting in his series depicting benefits supervisor Sue Tilley is estimated to fetch up to £35m at auction – although the subject admits that she’s “never got any money” herself.