The media is in a tizzy over news that Freud had a gay relationship with the poet Stephen Spender. But search for closely at his paintings,and you can see the artist’s lifelong passion was for the human body – male or female Lucian Freud had a gay relationship with the poet Stephen Spender, it appears from youthful worship letters that are going under the hammer at Sotheby’s. If you base your views of artists on gossip and news snippets this may seem surprising. Since Freud’s death in 2011 more and more details of his heterosexual activities believe become known. He had “at least” 14 children with several mothers and apparently beat Picasso’s record for sleeping with his models by a long distance.
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Source: theguardian.com