''Painfully honest on what it means to be a woman who puts art first, no matter what'' Olivia Laing
I''m not a portrait painter. If I''m anything, I have always been an autobiographer.
In Self-Portrait, Celia Paul reveals a life truly lived through art. She moves effortlessly through time, in words and images, from her arrival at the Slade School of Fine Art at sixteen, through a profound and intense affair with the older and better-known artist Lucian Freud, to the practices of her present-day studio. This intimate memoir is, at its heart, about a young woman navigating the path to artistic freedom, with all the sacrifices and complications that entails.
''Powerful'' Zadie Smith
''Engrossing'' Vogue
''Captivating... Mesmerising'' New York Times
**Shortlisted for the Slightly Foxed Best First Biography Prize **
- | Author: Celia Paul
- | Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- | Publication Date: Apr 07, 2022
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- | Language:
- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781529111552
- | ISBN-10: 1529111552
- Author:
- Celia Paul
- Publisher:
- Vintage Publishing
- Publication Date:
- Apr 07, 2022
- Binding:
- Paperback / softback
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529111552
- ISBN10:
- 1529111552