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Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985 How to analyse a portrait STYLE • Art movement – contemporary or modern • abstract, realistic or stylized – why? SUBJECT/ CONTENT This is a portrait of….. • self portrait/ friend/ family member (look at the title underneath the painting) • • • • every day/ special occasion captures a moment / historical status of sitter – rich/ middleclass/ working class emotions / feelings COMPOSITION / FORM • main focal point ( where your eye is drawn to) • viewpoint of the artist ( where the artist has painted the portrait from) HANDLING OF MATERIALS • choice of materials • brush strokes •direction of different strokes or marks and where? • tools: paintbrush or palette knife • application of paint/ layered thickly or thin layers and where? • Flat or raised surface texture • translucent / opaque • pace of work/ time taken PORTRAIT Spider • foreground /middle-ground • background • pose - how the model is standing, sitting or reclining and what that means • Form – 2D or 3D – why? VISUAL ELEMENTS What is the main visual Element? Where are these in the painting and what effect do they have? • • • • • • • line colour texture tone shape form pattern Opinion/ Mood • personal reaction to the artwork – how does it make you feel? • feelings of the sitter ( facial expressions) • atmosphere (link to colour palette) • artist’s personality • message Lucian Freud Self-portrait 1963 Oil on Canvas Lucian Freud Self-Portrait With A Black Eye 1978 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Self Portrait 1948 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985 Lucian Freud Oil on Canvas Reflection, Self Portrait 2002 Lucian Freud Lucian Freud Self Portrait 1948 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Reflection (self portrait) Oil on Canvas Date: 1985 Surrealist portraits – early works Lucian Freud Francis Bacon 1952 Oil on Metal, Lucian Freud Girl with a kitten 1947 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Girl in a Dark Jacket 1947 Oil on panel Lucian Freud Minton 1952 Oil on canvas Surrealist portraits – early works Lucian Freud Francis Bacon 1952 Oil on Metal, Lucian Freud Girl with a kitten 1947 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Girl in a Dark Jacket 1947 Oil on panel •Style: surrealist – over exaggerated facial features lacking realistic tonal values and details •Handling of materials: blended paint, brushstrokes less visible •Mood/ atmosphere: sombre Lucian Freud Minton 1952 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Esther 1982-83 oil on canvas Lucian Freud Queen Elizabeth II 2001 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Sleeping Head 1980 Oil on Canvas Lucian Freud Head of a Woman Painted in 1990-91 Oil on canvas Lucian Freud Head of a Naked Girl 1999 oil on canvas Lucian Freud The Painter's Mother III (1972) Oil on Canvas Lucian Freud David Hockney 2002 oil on canvas How to analyse a portrait STYLE • Art movement – contemporary or modern • abstract, realistic or stylized – why? SUBJECT/ CONTENT This is a portrait of….. • self portrait/ friend/ family member (look at the title underneath the painting) • • • • every day/ special occasion captures a moment / historical status of sitter – rich/ middleclass/ working class emotions / feelings COMPOSITION / FORM • main focal point ( where your eye is drawn to) • viewpoint of the artist ( where the artist has painted the portrait from) HANDLING OF MATERIALS • choice of materials • brush strokes •direction of different strokes or marks and where? • tools: paintbrush or palette knife • application of paint/ layered thickly or thin layers and where? • Flat or raised surface texture • translucent / opaque • pace of work/ time taken PORTRAIT Spider • foreground /middle-ground • background • pose - how the model is standing, sitting or reclining and what that means • Form – 2D or 3D – why? VISUAL ELEMENTS What is the main visual Element? Where are these in the painting and what effect do they have? • • • • • • • line colour texture tone shape form pattern Opinion/ Mood • personal reaction to the artwork – how does it make you feel? • feelings of the sitter ( facial expressions) • atmosphere (link to colour palette) • artist’s personality • message
