Lucian Freud, whose stark and revealing paintings of friends and intimates, splayed nude in his studio, recast the art of portraiture and offered a new approach to figurative art, died on Wednesday night at his home in London. He was 88.

Old news now but here for posterity. Lucian Freud, Figurative Painter Who Redefined Portraiture, Is Dead at 88

Lucian Freud, whose stark and revealing paintings of friends and intimates, splayed nude in his studio, recast the art of portraiture and offered a new approach to figurative art, died on Wednesday night at his home in London. He was 88.

Old news now but here for posterity. Lucian Freud, Figurative Painter Who Redefined Portraiture, Is Dead at 88