Frank Auerbach UK / Germany, b. 1931

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Nicola Bensley, Frank Auerbach in his studio I, 2015
Nicola Bensley, Frank Auerbach in his studio I, 2015

"I paint to understand the world around me, to make sense of it in my own way"

-Frank Auerbach

Frank Auerbach (born 29 April 1931) is a German-British painter, widely considered to be one of the most influential painters of the 20th Century. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud.

 

Born in Germany, aged seven he was sent to Britain to escape Nazi persecution. Auberbach later studied at St. Martin's School of Art in London and then at the Royal College of Art, developing his signature palette of bold colors and a distinctive, thickly applied rough impasto technique. In addition to his formal training, the young Auerbach was profoundly influenced by the teaching of David Bomberg (attending evening classes at the Borough Polytechnic between 1950 - 1954).

 
In 1956 he received his first solo show at Beaux Arts Gallery and by 1978 he was the subject of a major retrospective at the Hayward Gallery (London). Auerbach represented Britain at the 1986 Venice Biennale, where he and his peer Sigmar Polke were jointly awarded the Gold Lion.
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