2000
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
After Chardin is a 2000 by Lucian Freud, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Lucian Freud made this print in 2000. It’s an etching on paper, based on a painting by another artist. Freud kept a copy of Chardin’s painting *The Young Schoolmistress* in his studio for years. He even chose it twice for big London shows. His prints change Chardin’s scene in small ways. This print sits at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A young woman and a boy, dressed in 18th-century attire, sit at a table examining a sheet of paper in this etching by Lucian Freud, based on Jean-Siméon Chardin’s painting *The Young Schoolmistress*. The composition is tightly cropped compared to the original, focusing closely on the figures and paper. Freud’s print matches the dimensions of Chardin’s painting and employs a subdued, evenly toned approach to shading. The work was produced in collaboration with printer Marc Balakjian, who experimented with tonal variations during proofing.
Read the full account in the museum source.
Lucian Michael Freud (; 8 December 1922 – 20 July 2011) was a British painter and draughtsman, specialising in figurative art, who is known as one of the foremost 20th-century English portraitists.
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