• Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

  • Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

  • Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

  • Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

  • Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

  • Horses & Freud installation view, Photography by Stuart Burford

Horses & Freud

27 September – 16 December 2022

Gallery Hours:
Tue-Fri: 10:00-18:00
Sat: 11:00-15:00


Horses & Freud commemorates the centenary of the birth of Lucian Freud with a loan exhibition dedicated to the artist’s lifelong love of horses. Bringing together a carefully selected group of paintings, portraits and sketchbooks loaned from both museums and private collections, the exhibition explores the influence of horses on his life and art, and the diverse friendships and acquaintances that were made as a result.

Lucian Freud’s (1922–2011) fascination with horses began in his early childhood; as a young boy he would go riding in the countryside outside Berlin and he was sometimes found sleeping in the stables, reputedly enjoying the company of the animals more than attending lessons. Through his love for the animals, and his subsequent love of gambling, he went on to meet a wide and varied group of people, some of whom became both sitters and clients who now number among his most important collectors. This includes Brigadier Andrew Parker Bowles OBE whom Freud first met in 1983 when he arranged for him to access the stables of the Household Cavalry; an exclusive interview with Parker Bowles is included in the illustrated catalogue for the exhibition.

Installation Video

Catalogue

Horses & Freud

26 x 20 cm (10 1/5 x 7 7/8 in);

72 pages; fully illustrated in colour;

Designed by Sinéad Madden, London;

ISBN 978-1-7397755-1-3

£35


PURCHASE CATALOGUE

Press Release

Horses & Freud
September 2022

Press

FT Life & Arts
Charitable sales, horses and hoaxes

The Guardian
A Wave of Korean art, the sound of Turner and Freud goes to the races - the week in art

The Times
Discover Freud in the flesh

Evening Standard
How a National Gallery exhibition is giving us a new perspective on Lucian Freud

The Art Newspaper
Podcast | Lucian Freud Special

Country Life
All or Nothing

House & Garden
18 must-see exhibitions in London during Frieze Week

The Art Newspaper
Taking a closer look at Lucian Freud on 100th anniversary

New Statesman
Lucian Freud's pitiless style

The Washington Post
Lucian Freud captured intimacy

Horse & Hound
The nun, the artist and the skewbald mare

Racing Post
Exhibition dedicated to Lucian Freud

Enquirer
Antiques & Art

Art Daily
Exhibition at Ordovas commemorates the centenary of the birth of Lucian Freud

La Vanguardia
Pilar Ordovás, la galerista española amiga de Lucian Freud

Público
Londres celebra el centenario del pintor hiperrealista Lucian Freud

Expresso
Lucian Freud e a égua "Sioux"

El País
Lucian Freud, al desnudo