Freud Museum

20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead was the home of Sigmund Freud and his family when they escaped the Nazi annexation of Austria in 1938. The centrepiece of the museum is Freud's library and study, preserved as it was in his lifetime. It contains his working library, his desk and the famous couch. For further information please visit www.freud.org.uk.

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Freud Museum
20 Maresfield Gardens
London
NW3 5SX
Tel. 0207 435 2002

Visitor Information

Opening Hours
Wednesday-Sunday 12:00-17:00

Admission charges
Adults: £6.00
Senior Citizens: £4.50
Concessions £3.00 (Students with valid ID cards, children aged 12-16, unemployed persons, disabled persons.
Children under 12: Free

Audioguide
Garden access weather permitting
Parking: pay and display spaces on street

Accessibility: Limited disabled access

Finchley Road
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Exhibitions at the Museum

Lucian Freud My Father

A personal portrayal: Sculpture by Jane McAdam Freud
25 January 2012 - 4 March 2012

In early 2012, artist Jane McAdam Freud presents a large scale sculpture portraying her father Lucian Freud. It will be unveiled and exhibited for the first time in London’s Freud Museum – once home to her great grandfather, Sigmund Freud. Jane spent many hours with her father in the months before his death in July 2011 making sketches for this new work. It will be shown at the Freud Museum alongside other smaller scale work and preparatory sketches.

Although a great inspiration to her and a regular presence in her childhood, Lucian Freud became only an occasional figure in his daughter’s life as she grew up; when Jane was eight years old, father and daughter lost contact, only to reconnect when Jane was 31. By then she was respected artist herself, having established a reputation as a sculptor under the name of Jane McAdam. When they met again, Jane says:

"At that time I saw my father regularly and, over about six months, we made sculpture. While we sat for each other, modelling in wax, we chatted a lot and he taught me about light – to work from natural daylight or electric light, but not both at the same time. He taught me what it meant to really concentrate. He looked with every inch of his body, his muscles, and nerves, his whole being. We darted around each other looking at the forms; it was exhausting and demanding – but also enlivening and inspiring.

Some time ago, I asked him if he would sit for me. True to his word, he sat for me very recently. The last time I saw my father was shortly before his death, when I finished the sketches of him. I’ve now used them to make this large portrait sculpture. It helps me to keep him alive."

Born in 1958 in London, Jane McAdam Freud is the daughter of Lucian Freud and Katherine McAdam. Her multi-disciplinary practice covers drawing, print, sculpture, medals and digital media. Jane received her first degree from Central School of Art, London, was awarded the British Art Medal Scholarship in Rome and is a graduate of the Royal College of Art. Her international shows include NY, LA, Taipei, Berlin and the Czech Republic.

Entry is free with admission to the museum.

Freud Museum London
20 Maresfield Gardens
London, NW3 5SX
www.freud.org.uk

Open Wed-Sun 12.00 - 17.00