{"product_id":"self-portrait","title":"Self-Portrait","description":"A rich, penetrating memoir about the author's relationship with a flawed but influential figure—the painter Lucian Freud—and the satisfactions and struggles of a life lived through art.\n\nOne of Britain's most important contemporary painters, Celia Paul has written a reflective, intimate memoir of her life as an artist. Self-Portrait tells the artist's story in her own words, drawn from early journal entries as well as memory, of her childhood in India and her days as a art student at London's Slade School of Fine Art; of her intense decades-long relationship with the older esteemed painter Lucian Freud and the birth of their son; of the challenges of motherhood, the unresolvable conflict between caring for a child and remaining commited to art; of the \"invisible skeins between people,\" the profound familial connections Paul communicates through her paintings of her mother and sisters; and finally, of the mystical presence in her own solitary vision of the world around her.\n\nSelf-Portrait is a powerful, liberating evocation of a life and of a life-long dedication to art.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 168137482X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.168137482X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Paul, Celia\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Book has little sign of wear or use  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43300600938557,"sku":"BVV.168137482X.VG","price":18.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/168137482X-0.jpg?v=1782596510","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/self-portrait","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}