and when she did
The naked Christ, a corpse on his hands, strange perspectives for a little daughter. What shocked famous artists
We are used to perceive famous artists through brief explanations of their paintings. This makes their images almost ethereal. As if there was nothing but painting in their life, and as if their painting immediately became a sacred classic. But the artists were full-blooded people. Their work was sometimes puzzling, and their actions – condemnation.
Zinaida Serebryakova
The daughter, granddaughter, niece of some artists, mother, aunt and grandmother of others, she herself seems to be the embodiment of purity and love of art. So, in general, it is. Serebryakova was not prone to drunken revelry and all those sins in which it is usually customary to reproach Bohemia. Continue reading
What was the fate of “Big Sue”, which posed Freud’s grandson for the scandalous paintings that made him a millionaire
Lucian Freud and Sue Tilly: The Story of a Scandalous Muse.
If the fame of the artists could be measured in kilograms, then the scales of Lucien Freud (yes, that scandalous grandson of the great psychoanalyst) would have increased by 127 kg immediately. That was exactly what Big Sue had, the so-called model artist Sue Till, whom he depicted in one of his most famous paintings.
The woman, completely naked, seems to be sleeping soundly. And the artist is fascinated by her body: fat, not muscular and not fit, with, as Freud loved “100% made of flesh.” The folds of her massive body seem to flicker with all shades of brown, pink and white. As an artist, she crept up to her … and is the goddess angry when she wakes up? Continue reading
