Lucian Freud was born into a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany in 1922; following Adolf Hitler's accession to the German Chancellorship in 1933, the family moved to Britain to escape racial persecution. Freud studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing in Dedham and went on to become one of the most celebrated artists of his generation, described by critic Robert Hughes as 'the greatest living realist painter', he has become best known for his figurative portraits of friends and family; his work often includes urban landscapes, interiors, animals - especially dogs and horses - and plants.

Listen to his story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/lucian-freud