Escaping 1930s Berlin for the comparative safety of Britain, Lucien Freud began his rise as an artist, becoming one of the preeminent British artists of the 20th century. Befriending fellow painters David Hockney, Frank Auerbach, and Francis Bacon, Freud found his first muse in Lorna Wishart, a married woman 13 years his senior. Capturing many memorable moments in the first half of Freud's remarkable life, this first volume also details his meticulous process of creating portraits, which could require more than a year to complete a single painting.