Friday, February 02, 2007

Two Backs (February Special)




Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) - The Bather of Valpiçon, 1808 (left) and Lucian Freud (b. 1922) - Naked Man, Back View, 1991-92 (right)



With talent, you do what you like. With genius, you do what you can.

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres


With me it's what Yeats called the fascination with what's difficult. I'm only trying to do what I can't do.

Lucian Freud