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Big girls can do well, says Freud muse as portrait could fetch £35m

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

Early portrait denied by Lucian Freud shown for first time after authentication

Artist said Man in a Black Scarf was not his but evidence has emerged to show he painted it when a student in Suffolk ...

Freud’s muse: ‘Lucian made me look like a great fat frog’

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 ...

What it’s like to have your nude body auctioned for tens of millions

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.

Sue Tilley Met Lucian Freud In 1990s. Her Nude Painting Could Now Fetch $47 Million

Lucian Freud, a grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is famed for fleshy nudes of friends, family and the artist himself.
Dallas Observer

Lucien Freud’s Portraits are Skilled, Smart and Sad, and He Probably Had Sex with Them

The Modern’s Lucien Freud Portraits showcases 90 works that span the artist’s adult lifetime. Standing in the middle of any group of his portraits feels like living with a family for an extended stay.
Hyperallergic

Lucian Freud’s Unseen Self-Portrait and Sketchbooks Go on View

Lucian Freud’s Unseen Self-Portrait and Sketchbooks Go on View “Truth heads into naked people bodies bodies whole complete living naked women avoid facial expression make bodies expressive of feeling, ...
Artnet

A $42 Million Portrait of Lucian Freud by His Frenemy Francis Bacon, Unseen for Nearly 60 Years, Could Set a New Auction Record

A highlight of this summer’s art season in London will be the sale of an extraordinary portrait by one of Britain’s greatest artists of the 20th century—Francis Bacon—depicting another—Lucian Freud.

Lucian Freud subject says late painter was a 'perfectionist'

Lucian Freud subject says late painter was a ‘perfectionist’ - Sue Tilley sat for the artist three times a week for ...

‘Big girls can do well’ Lucian Freud subject says as portrait could fetch £35m

The subject of one of Lucian Freud’s “defining masterpieces” hopes the portrait will show people that “big girls can do well” as the painting goes up for auction and could fetch up to £35 million.The ...