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  • A member of Christie's staff walks toward Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' on October 14, 2013 in London, England.(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
    A member of Christie's staff walks toward Francis Bacon's 'Three Studies of Lucian Freud' on October 14, 2013 in London, England.(Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)
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    What Artists Lucian Freud and Francis Bacon Have in Common

    British author Robin Saikia looks back at the two artists’ work

    byRobin Saikia
  • David Dawson, Albie Sitting for his Grandfather, 2004.(Courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, © The Bridgeman Art Library)
    David Dawson, Albie Sitting for his Grandfather, 2004.(Courtesy of Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, © The Bridgeman Art Library)
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    Sigmund Freud’s Sicko Grandson: Cruel Lover, Terrible Father, One Hell of a Painter

    Two new biographical studies and dual exhibits in Vienna plumb the psychodrama of the great Lucian Freud

    byVladislav Davidzon
  • Chaim Soutine, Self Portrait, c. 1918.(The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation)
    Chaim Soutine, Self Portrait, c. 1918.(The Henry and Rose Pearlman Foundation)
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    Meaty Matters

    Long before Francis Bacon became famous for his carnal paintings, Chaim Soutine brought bloody beef into the artist’s studio and inspired generations of flesh-minded painters

    byBen Schachter
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