Naked Portrait
by Rose Boyt
ISBN: 9781035024926
Published: 2025-05-29
'Hypnotic and propulsive' - The Sunday Times 'Thrilling' - The TLS 'Compulsive' - The Observer Nothing had been discussed, I just assumed I would be naked. I got undressed and asked him what he would like me to do. He said it was up to me. In Naked Portrait, Rose Boyt explores her complicated relationship with her beloved father, Lucian Freud, drawing on a diary she kept while she was sitting for him and which she found five years after his death. Enthralled by his genius, she had remembered all the extraordinary stories he had told her to keep her entertained in the studio as uncontentious and amusing. As she looks back, though, the shock of the truth is profound, although 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. 'Packed to the rafters with wisdom and insight, this immersive account of being the child of a genius is, itself, a work of art' Frances Wilson, The...
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