简介：PaintedLifeexploresthelifeandworkofLucianFreud,undoubtedlyoneofBritain'sgreatestartists.Freudgavehisfullbackingtothedocumentaryshortlybeforehisdeath.Uniquely,hewasfilmedpaintinghislastwork,aportraitofhisassistantDavidDawson. LucianFreud:PaintedLifealsoincludesfranktestimonyfromthosewhoknewandlovedthisextraordinarypersonality.Membersofhislargefamily(hehadatleastfourteenchildrenbyanumberofdifferentwomen),closefriendsincludingDavidHockneyandBrigadierAndrewParkerBowles,hisdealers,hissittersandhisformerloversrecallforthefirsttimeacomplexmanwhodedicatedhislifetohisartandwhoalwayssoughttotransmutepaintintoavibrantlivingrepresentationofhumanity. ThefilmshowshowFreudneverswamwiththeflowandonlyachievedcelebrityinolderage.Herejectedtheartisticfashionsofhistime,stickingtofigurativeartandexploringportraiture,especiallywithregardstonudeportraiture,whichheexploredwithadepthofscrutinythatproducedsomeofthegreatestworksofourtime. Thisdocumentaryisbothadefinitivebiographyandarevelatoryexplorationofthecreativeprocess.…