Love Lucian - The Letters of Lucian Freud 1939-1954

The book Love Lucian compiles Lucian Freud's early, illustrated letters, offering an intimate glimpse into his personality, life, and artistic development. The letters, often featuring both text and drawings, reveal his humor, warmth, and complexity from his school days to his early career. The collection is based on material from private and public archives and is accompanied by reproductions of his works. Edited by David Dawson and Martin Gayford, the letters are interwoven with a narrative that provides a new and personal perspective on the first three decades of Freud's life as an artist.