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Frank Auerbach
b. 1931, Berlin, Germany · British, born Germany · Based in London, United Kingdom
- Royal College of Art, London (1955)
- St Martin's School of Art (1952)
- Borough Polytechnic under David Bomberg
- Painting
- Drawing
- Oil on Board
Frank Auerbach has spent decades painting a small group of sitters and familiar London locations through repeated scraping and repainting. His dense surfaces are records of prolonged revision rather than spontaneous gesture.
Painting; drawing
Gallery Representation
Major Works
- 1960Head of E.O.W. I
- 1965Head of Gerda Boehm
- 1967–68Primrose Hill
- 1966Mornington Crescent with the Statue of Sickert’s Father-in-Law
- 1990–91To the Studios
- 1981J.Y.M. Seated I
- 1990Head of Julia
- 1970sCamden Theatre
- 1950sBuilding Site, Earl’s Court Road
- 1970sMornington Crescent
Museums & Public Collections
Interviews & Writing
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