1948
pastel
paper
From the collection of Museum of Modern Art
Dominant colour
Untitled is a 1948 pastel by Lucian Freud, held at Museum of Modern Art.
A person with wavy brown hair is staring straight ahead. Their face is pale, with a neutral expression. Above their head, a branch with bright green leaves grows out of their hairline, almost like a crown. The pastel colors make the leaves pop against the gray background. The person’s striped shirt adds a simple contrast. Next, check out *pastel* to see how artists use soft chalky sticks to create vivid colors.
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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