Visually Simular, Lucian freud

Leon Kossoff,
Portrait of Anne
1993, Oil paint on hardboard

Lucian Freud has extremely similar brushstrokes and emphasises on the use of colour as does Leon Kossoff. Freud also paints similar subjects and expresses his emotions though what and how he paints, similar to that of Kossoff. Both artists have matching approaches to art and an importance in colour, that emphasis on the use of colour. Both artist have a similar approach to the thickly applied paint and the idea of have the subjects coated in layers and layers of thick oil paint masking the true identity and emotion of the subject and viewer can be frustrating and disturbing for the subject to see, this is not only emphasised in Night Portrait by Lucien Freud but demonstrated throughout Kossoff's collection.Frued has been known to work on his portraits for thousands of hours, the surface of impasto, tonal brushwork is built up in thick layers until the paintings take on an almost sculptural quality bringing dimension and life to his work. The realist and candid compositions of his subjects creates a voyeuristic mood relating the model to the painter and then to the viewer. Freud focuses on the idea of realism and keeping the figurative subject true to form while keeping the use of colour emphasised and added texture to the thickly applied. this impasto style paining technique has been adapted and evolved though the years starting with artist such as Vincent Van Gogh, and Jackson Pollock.  

 

“As far as I am concerned the paint is the person, I want it to work for me just as flesh does” – Lucien Freud
 

 

Lucien Freud, Night Portrait, 1978
oil on canvas

this statement suggests that artists create this relationship between the subject and the medium, which creating this bond to the artist as he is choosing to depict them using the paint and this use of paint is something that represent their skin affecting the viewer as it will mentally challenge how they view a simple element such as skin.  
Lucian Freud, 1922- 2011,  is a Figurative painter meaning  that what he paints is clearly derived from real life objects, however he manipulates what he sees with the over use of thickly applied paint. The way Freud uses paint to manipulate the human body he creates portrayals of the human form that create great discomfort for the viewer to see. There is an intense relationship created with the artist and the model which is why the works are so realistic. Freud uses a range of tone and shows to create this realistic view of the human form, however he relies on impasto to create the texture of the skin sue to the layed thick dense application it creates this heavy appearance something that is crucial in representing weight though the depiction of skin