Lucian Freud: A Portrait of the Soul Lucian Michael Freud (1922-2011) remains one of the most significant and intensely debated figures in 20th-century British art. More than simply a portrait painter, Freud offered a profoundly intimate and often unsettling glimpse into the inner lives of his subjects – friends, family, lovers, and even strangers – capturing not just their physical likeness but also their psychological complexities w…