Sue Tilley was working in an unemployment office when she met artist Lucian Freud. His paintings of her in the 1990s are now famous, and very valuable.

Sue Tilley, the 60-something retired benefits supervisor and beloved sitter for Lucian Freud, has an uncanny meeting with her oil-on-canvas image before it heads to auction next month.

Benefits supervisor Sue Tilley met Lucian Freud three decades ago. Now a painting of her could fetch £35m - ‘Big girls can do ...

We all have one friend that gets us into trouble. For Sue Tilley, it was Leigh Bowery: part performance artist, part fashion designer, totally bonkers. Throughout the 1980s, Tilley would spend her ...

She has discussed her unique relationship with the catwalk star, and her friendship with revered artist Lucian Freud. Sign up for the top news stories every day to keep you informed with what's going ...

Asharq Al Awsat A painting of Sue ‌Tilley, who found fame after artist Lucien Freud depicted her in the nude, will be auctioned next month with a price estimate of up to $47 million. "Sleeping by the ...

Sue Tilley sat for the artist three times a week for approximately nine months as he painted Sleeping By The Lion Carpet.

Sue Tilley is a British Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1957. Numerous key galleries and museums such as New Art Projects, London have featured Sue Tilley's work in the past.

The painting, Sleeping by the Lion Carpet, will go up for sale for the first time as part of Sotheby’s The Lewis Collection in June.