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The Reading Paintings Podcast

The Reading Paintings Podcast

Self Portrait with a Feather

Jun 12, 2026 · 25 min · 8 segments

In this first episode at the National Portrait Gallery we visit the Lucian Freud exhibition entitled 'Drawing into Painting'. We focus on a self portrait painted in 1943 'Man with a Feather'.

Speakers: Harry BaxterHostDavid JohnsonHost

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