This photo of artist Lucien Freud painting was taken by his assistant David Dawson in 2005 when Freud was 82, five years before he died. We see a seriously ALIVE man in an aging body, a human being dynamically engaged in his work, flying in the face of populist stereotypes of old age.
….role model on endless levels.
via The Guardian
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When I saw this photo in the NY Times obituary, I was struck by how his flesh in the photo resembles the way he paints his models.
Awesome photo — thank you for posting.