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Lucian Freud

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Profession
Painter
Died
Jul 20, 2011
Zodiac
Sagittarius
Born in
BerlinGermany
About
Expressionist and surrealist artist best known for his psychologically penetrating portraits of nudes. His works included the self-portrait "Man with Thistle" from 1946 and "Girl with a Kitten" from 1947.
Family
He was born to a German Jewish woman named Lucie and an Austrian Jewish father, the famed architect Ernst L. Freud. He had at least 14 biological children and was reported to have fathered over 40. He had a tumultuous, six-year-long marriage with Guinness beer heiress Caroline Blackwood.

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