Lucian Freud was one of the major figurative painters of the 20th century. Working in an uncompromisingly confrontational style, his portraits and nudes were rendered with a thickly laden brush. Often ...

F rank Auerbach, the German-British artist known for his vibrant impasto portraits and cityscapes, died on November 11 in London at age 93. A leading figurative painter of the postwar period ...