# ‘He said I sounded hysterical’: Celia Paul on lover Lucian Freud, his cold friends and the ‘devastating’ YBAs

## Art and design

### Interview

In prose and in paint, the great artist Celia Paul is exorcising the ghosts of her past – from the cruelties of her lover Freud, to his offhand cohorts, and the YBA revolution that declared painting dead.

Painter Celia Paul has lived in the same flat in Bloomsbury – bought for her by her then lover  – for 40 years. To ascend to it, up the 80 steps to bring you level with the pediment of the British Museum opposite, is to enter a different world. The main room contains little but a lumpy and ancient chaise longue and a metal-framed bed. One wall is stacked with freshly stretched empty canvases. Next door a mountain range of old sheets, stiff and stained with paint, obscure what might be a sofa. There is a huge, dusty mirror in which we both appear, spectrally: she a slight figure in a brown floor-length skirt, her slippers paint-encrusted. I ask her if she sleeps in the metal-framed bed. Sometimes, she says, but she shows me her bedroom. It is equally spartan, but for the immense piles of books. “You didn’t get round to building many bookshelves,” I observe weakly, in the face of this almost unimaginably austere existence.

### Paul meets Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like , a contributor to the  about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul has also painted a companion piece of herself, lying on the uncomfortable chaise longue on which I have been perching. It is meant to hang opposite Colony of Ghosts. She is very self-possessed in this painting, and offers an appraising gaze to those men who once intimidated her. There is something of <a href="https://www.christies.com/en/lot/lot-6397125">Frank Auerbach</a>’s <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2024/nov/12/frank-auerbach-obituary">Portrait of Madame Récamier</a> about it. The works, she says, “refer to my experience of being at the table, but being shut out and not welcomed in. But there’s also a feeling that now they’re really not approachable at all, because they’re all dead.” She adds, “Here I am in this studio space which Lucian bought for me, with all these memories very alive. I feel quite haunted by all of them.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the <a href="https://mackbooks.co.uk/products/celia-paul-works-1975-2025">vast monograph</a> about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. These books were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”

### Paul’s reflections on her relationship with Freud

Paul – like <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/edmund-de-waal">Edmund de Waal</a>, a contributor to the vast monograph about her work that is about to be published – is now as much respected for her writing as for her art. In 2019 her  came out, a memoir that, among other things, described her relationship with Freud, who seduced her when she was 18 and he in his 50s. In 2022 came , a one-sided correspondence with one of her favourite artistic forebears. Thesebooks were published in her 60s. On her shift to writing, she says, “It is a way of articulating thoughts that otherwise just _brew_. That can work evocatively in painting. But with words, you need to have order of a different kind. One sentence does have to follow another. And that’s what I needed to do.”
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