David Dawson studied painting at the Chelsea School of Art and then at the Royal College of Art. Soon after
completing his MA in 1991 he met Lucian Freud, becoming his studio assistant and friend for 20 years until Freud died in 2011. He was also the model for several paintings and documented the artist’s work in photographs. Together with the writer Martin Gayford, David Dawson has recently published Love Lucian, The Letters of Lucian Freud 1939 -1954
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