Celia Paul
Celia Paul (born November 11, 1959 in Trivandrum , India ) is a British artist.
Life
Celia Paul is the middle of five daughters of the Anglican theologian Geoffrey Paul . Her father worked for a time as a missionary and as a seminary leader in Kerala , where she grew up. Theologian Jane Williams, wife of theologian Rowan Williams , is a sister. The family returned to England in 1965.
Paul studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in London from 1976 to 1981 . There she met the painter Lucian Freud , who at the time was teaching as a tutor. Between 1978 and 1988 it was one of Freud's multiple female relationships. They have their son Frank Paul, who was born in 1984 and also became an artist. Celia Paul was a model for Freud on several occasions. Paul works as a painter and has had several exhibitions. Between 1977 and 2007 she mainly painted portraits of her mother, and since then she has also painted her sisters and self-portraits.
Paul married Steven Kupfer in 2011.
Works (selection)
- Exhibitions
- Celia Paul: identity . London: Marlborough Fine Art, 2011
- with Hilton As : Desdemona for Celia by Hilton . London: Victoria Miro Gallery, 2016
- Autobiography
- Self-portrait . London: Jonathan Cape, 2019
Web links
- Literature by and about Celia Paul in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Celia Paul at the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Steven Kupfer: Celia Paul Painting her life , exhibition at Victoria Miro, June 12, 2014 to August 2, 2014
- Farah Nayeri: An Artist's Muse Steps Out of the Shadows With Paintings of Her Own , in: NYT, March 5, 2018
- Jan Dalley: Self-Portrait - an uncomfortable memoir of life with Lucian Freud , in: Financial Times, November 8, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ The mother is not mentioned by name in the press.
- ↑ Emaleebeddoes: My Mother by Celia Paul , at Museums Worcestershire, December 14, 2018
- ↑ Skye Sherwin: Celia Paul's My Sisters in Mourning: a meditative portrait of a mother's death , The Guardian, November 15, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paul, Celia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Thiruvananthapuram |