Books by William Feaver
William Feaver is a painter, curator and author, and was the art critic for the Observer for 23 years. He is on the Academic Board of the Royal Drawing School where he also currently tutors. He curated Lucian Freud’s 2002 retrospective at Tate Britain in 2002, and the 2012 exhibition of Freud’s drawings in London and New York. He has sat, weekly, for the artist Frank Auerbach since 2003.
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Fame 1968 - 2011
by William Feaver
***Longlisted for the 2020 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
This is volume two in William Feaver's two-part biography. Volume one covers the years 1992-1968 and was shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction.
The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922 - 1968
by William Feaver
***Shortlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Nonfiction***
This book is the first volume in William Feaver's biography of Lucian Freud and the book to read on one of the 20th century's greatest painters. Feaver was a journalist and artist who became a friend of Freud's and they'd speak on the phone most weeks. As they put together material for this book—a process that took many years—they agreed that it wouldn't be published until after Freud died. The second volume of the biography, which covers the years till Freud's death in 2011, has also been longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize.
Interviews with William Feaver
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Emil and the Detectives
by Eileen Hall (translator) & Erich Kästner -
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Private View: The Lively World of British Art
by Antony Armstrong-Jones (Lord Snowdon), Bryan Robertson & John Russell -
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A Free House!: Or, The Artist as Craftsman
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Memoirs of the Life of John Constable: Composed Chiefly of His Letters
by C.R. Leslie -
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Nollekens and his Times: Comprehending A Life Of That Celebrated Sculptor, And Memoirs Of Several Contemporary Artists
The best books on Lucian Freud, recommended by William Feaver
The best books on Lucian Freud, recommended by William Feaver
Though ferociously private, Lucian Freud spoke about painting, the art world and his life and loves to his confidante and frequent collaborator, William Feaver, on the phone most weeks for many years. Feaver’s transcript forms the core of his definitive two-volume biography. He speaks with us about the best books for understanding the life and work of this renowned painter, and the very particular collaboration that led to this magisterial account of one of the finest painters of the last century.
Interviews where books by William Feaver were recommended
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Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last Trial of Harper Lee
by Casey Cep -
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On Chapel Sands: My Mother and Other Missing Persons
by Laura Cumming -
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The Lives of Lucian Freud: Youth 1922 - 1968
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Maoism: A Global History
by Julia Lovell -
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Guest House for Young Widows: Among the women of ISIS
by Azadeh Moaveni -
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The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
by Hallie Rubenhold
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, recommended by Stig Abell
The Best Nonfiction Books of 2019, recommended by Stig Abell
Every year, the Baillie Gifford Prize judges seek to identify the very best nonfiction books published in the last year. Here, the chair of this year’s judging panel Stig Abell talks us through the 2019 shortlist: a thrilling line-up of books that are as notable for their literary prowess as for their weight and significance.
