Abstract
Abstract Contrary to his later supreme self-belief, as a young man Lucian Freud considered his artistic abilities meagre. Determined, nevertheless, to hammer out a viable means of creative expression he applied his formidable powers of concentration to make up for a lack of natural talent. By and large, his early chosen means was drawing. Through a series of chance encounters, some of these images were used as illustrations for poetry and prose, and this essay reflects upon their shortcomings in fulfilling such roles. Alongside thoughts about the difficulties of translation, it suggests that Freud was unsuited to illustration, being too immature to take on its necessary pictorial obligations. However, his early drawings give several clues to Freud’s later successful career, particularly when imagined within his grandfather Sigmund’s concept of parapraxis.
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