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David Freud, 56, has spent years refining skills as painter but says hes retraining The great-grandson of Sigmund Freud is retraining to become a psychotherapist David has revealed how counselling helped him come to terms with familys past The 56-year-old, who was speaking at the launch of his latest exhibition, has said Freud name has not always been helpful to career despite having some upsides

1/1 AS an artist David Freud has impeccable pedigree. His father, Lucian, was after all, one of the greatest portraitists of the 20th century and was grandson of the psychologist Sigmund Freud. But with his father absent for much of his life, it was David’s mother, Kay McAdam, who inspired him and his three siblings to take their first steps as an artist. “My mother was a wonderful artist who’d painted backdrops in churches whilst in Catholic boarding school, and mad...

1/1 THE art world has had a tough time of it lately. While the challenges facing shops, pubs and restaurants are well documented, artists and galleries have suffered in silence. Despite being forced to close, one Oxfordshire gallery is doing its bit to bring some cheer in lockdown. Multi award-winning modern and contemporary gallery Dantzig in Woodstock has set out to brighten up the town and give local people something to smile about while taking their exercise, by hostin...