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Naked Portrait
- A Memoir of Lucian Freud
- Narrated by: Rose Boyt
- Length: 12 hrs and 59 mins
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Summary
Read by the author, Rose Boyt.
‘Towards the end of the summer of 2016 I found an old diary in a cardboard box, hundreds of typed pages, the first dated 9 September 1989. I put the diary away without reading it; I had lost my father, my mother had died only three months earlier, and it was not the right time to think about anything. I was heartbroken.
As I remembered it the diary was about sitting again, an easy portrait this time, fully clothed, the manuscript mainly a record of my father’s remarkable stories. I imagined all his stories were amusing, uncontentious, but even if that had been true I still would not have been ready. It is unclear to me now how I was able so effectively to distort reality.’
In Naked Portrait Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, through the diary and other accounts of sitting for him, naked or otherwise. Enthralled by his genius, it was only after his death that she began to question the version of events she had come to accept. The shock of the truth is profound but what emerges is her love and compassion not just for herself as a vulnerable young woman, but for the man himself, who is shown in all his brilliant complexity.
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- Amazon Customer
- 24-06-24
A must read ✨✨✨✨✨Truly captivating, harrowing and beautiful in equal measure!
I absolutely loved this book. Thank you Rose for your openness. This work is truly outstanding!
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- zofia c allen
- 02-06-24
A beautiful and moving book
A wonderful insight to Lucian Freud. An open and honest account of his selfishness and also his sensitivity.
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- 10-06-24
‘I found an old diary…
The author reading pages of an old diary in a monotone voice, as if impersonating a machine. Uncomfortable listening to revelations of others’ lives who may not wish to be known for their poor decisions and sufferings.
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