Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93

Auerbach came to England successful 1939 arsenic a kid exile aft fleeing from Nazi Germany.

Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain arsenic a child, has died astatine property 93, his representatives say.

One of nan foremost painters of nan 20th century, Auerbach died astatine his location successful London connected Monday.

Geoffrey Parton, head of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, said connected Tuesday that they had mislaid “a beloved friend and singular creator but return comfortableness knowing his sound will resonate for generations to come”.

Born successful Berlin successful 1931, Auerbach came to England successful 1939 arsenic a exile during World War II nether nan Kindertransport scheme, which rescued chiefly Jewish children from Nazi territory.

His technologist begetter and his mother, who trained arsenic an artist, were some killed successful nan Auschwitz attraction camp.

He studied astatine nan St Martin’s School of Art and nan Royal College of Art successful London and devoted his life to painting, becoming 1 of nan foremost artists of nan 20th century.

His assemblage said nan British-German creator lived and worked successful nan aforesaid northbound London workplace from 1954 until his death.

Alongside nan different “School of London” post-war artists – including Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud and Leon Kossoff – Auerbach focused connected figurative paintings sloppy of nan changing creator fashions, often slathering canvases successful heavy layers of overgarment to nutrient near-abstract but recognisable landscapes.

Auerbach told The Guardian successful an question and reply that he estimated 95 percent of his overgarment ended up successful nan bin.

“I’m trying to find a caller measurement to definitive something,” he said, adding, “So I rehearse each nan different ways until I astonishment myself pinch thing I haven’t antecedently considered.”

In 1986, he represented Britain astatine nan Venice Biennale and won nan Golden Lion apical prize.

In later life, his activity was weighted astatine precocious prices, including successful 2023 erstwhile his coating Mornington Crescent, inspired by nan streets successful Camden, northbound London, adjacent his home, sold astatine Sotheby’s auction location for $7.1m, a grounds for nan artist.

His astir caller exhibition, Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads, opened successful February astatine London’s Courtauld Gallery.

The creator is survived by his son, Jacob Auerbach.

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