Naked Child Laughing (painting) explained

Naked Child Laughing
Artist:Lucian Freud
Year:1963
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:28
Width Metric:34
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Private collection

Naked Child Laughing is an oil on canvas painting by Lucian Freud of a nude girl laughing, done in 1963. It is held in a private collection.[1]

Description

The painting was actually the first nude made by Freud. It was also one of the several that he did during his career of his own children, in different ages. This painting shows his eldest daughter, Annie, then aged 14 years old, as a naked teenage girl, sitting on a settee and laughing.[2]

Notes and References

  1. GREIG. GEORDIE. A Daughter's Tale. Vanity Fair. 17 October 2013. Vanity Fair. 29 May 2016.
  2. Sebastian Smee, Lucian Freud, Cologne, Taschen, 2008, p. 37