{"product_id":"self-portrait-celia-paul-9781681374826","title":"Self-Portrait","description":"\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne of Britain's most important contemporary painters, Celia Paul has written a reflective, intimate memoir of her life as an artist. \u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait \u003c\/i\u003etells 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSelf-Portrait\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful, liberating evocation of a life and of a life-long dedication to art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Celia Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 168137482X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681374826\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/10\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 6.60w x 1.30d","brand":"Celia Paul","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44042881597695,"sku":"9781681374826","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3757cdc0-b21d-4a75-a6b4-16511b6f322b.jpg?v=1684964061","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/self-portrait-celia-paul-9781681374826","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}