Childhood Drawings Reveal The Talent Of A Future Famous Artist

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it Gallery after it was accepted by the British government in lieu of £2.9m inheritance tax. Freud died in 2011, aged 88.The acceptance in lieu scheme was created in 1910 to allow people to give important cultural objects and works of art to the nation to offset or settle inheritance tax bills.The childhood drawings on display were made by Freud before his family fled Nazi Germany in 1933. They are beautifully preserved because his mother Lucie kept them in envelopes. She brought them to the UK when the family emigrated.Seeing the collection is

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inspiring, and it’s fascinating to see the early beginnings of Freud’s work.It makes me look at my children’s artwork in a different light — as a treasure trove rather than creative clutter to be thrown out with the weekly recycling.<figure id="7b1f"><img src="https://cdn-images-1.readmedium.com/v2/resize:fit:800/1*HHBcmRvtjFJA5tBU-eOaXw.jpeg"><figcaption>Lucian Freud created these drawings between the ages of 5 and 9. Photo taken by <a href="undefined">Jenny Lim</a> at the Lucian Freud Archive on display at the National Portrait Gallery</figcaption></figure></article></body>

How a proud mother’s nurture of her child’s creative efforts paid off

Childhood sketch by Lucian Freud, circa 1930s. Photo taken by Jenny Lim at the Lucian Freud Archive on display at the National Portrait Gallery

Lucian Freud’s childhood drawings are part of a huge archive donated to the National Portrait Gallery after it was accepted by the British government in lieu of £2.9m inheritance tax. Freud died in 2011, aged 88.

The acceptance in lieu scheme was created in 1910 to allow people to give important cultural objects and works of art to the nation to offset or settle inheritance tax bills.

The childhood drawings on display were made by Freud before his family fled Nazi Germany in 1933. They are beautifully preserved because his mother Lucie kept them in envelopes. She brought them to the UK when the family emigrated.

Seeing the collection is inspiring, and it’s fascinating to see the early beginnings of Freud’s work.

It makes me look at my children’s artwork in a different light — as a treasure trove rather than creative clutter to be thrown out with the weekly recycling.

Lucian Freud created these drawings between the ages of 5 and 9. Photo taken by Jenny Lim at the Lucian Freud Archive on display at the National Portrait Gallery