Caroline Banks

People at Modern Art

Lucian Freud. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks
Double Portrait (Raymond Jones)1977-78. Lucian Freud

This exhibition, People at Modern Art Helmet Row, gave me the chance to see some fabulous paintings and drawings normally unavailable to the public as so many are in private collections.

Here are a few of my favourites.

Paula Rego. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks
Painting Him Out. Paula Rego. 2011

The deeply unsettling Painting Him Out by Paula Rego

Paula Rego. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks

The intensity of gaze in Alice Neel‘s portrait of Marilyn Farber from 1977.

Alice Neel. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks
Alice Neel. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks

The otherworldliness of this painting by René Daniëls struck me.

Rene Daniels. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks
Untitled. 1984. René Daniëls
Rene Daniels. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks

Another Lucian Freud drawing, La Voisine (The Neighbour), this time from 1947.

Lucian Freud. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks

I had to include this intriguing little painting by Frank Walter. To learn more about him please click on the link.

Frank Walter. People at Modern Art. Photo by Caroline Banks
Untitled (Dog in Boxing Ring) Frank Walter