Frank Auerbach,1931~2024, 93歲.remember a “humble giant of figurative painting” who worked from the same London studio for 70 years and made his home city, its art collections and inhabitants the subject of his unique output

 

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Curators, institutions and critics remember a “humble giant of figurative painting” who worked from the same London studio for 70 years and made his home city, its art collections and inhabitants the subject of his unique output

Following the death of the artist Frank Auerbach, one of the leading painters of the post-Second World War generation, at the age of 93, the art world has paid tribute to the quality of his work, his encyclopaedic knowledge of art history, and his personal charm and wit.

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Frank Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach is a German-born British painter. He has been a naturalised British citizen since 1947. Wikipedia
Born: April 29, 1931 (age 84), Berlin, Germany
Period: Modern art
Artwork: Head of E.O.W. 1955, Head of J.Y.M., To the Studio, more
Children: Jake Auerbach
Education: Central Saint Martins, London South Bank University, Royal College of Art
Quotes


Real style is not having a program - it's how one behaves in a crisis.
It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning.
Ideally, one should have more material than one can possibly cope with.

Frank Auerbach, a Celebrated and Tireless Painter, Dies at 93

Known for his unyielding seven-day-a-week work schedule, he returned again and again to the same models and London street scenes.

“Self Portrait,” 2024.Credit...via Frankie Rossi Art Projects

“Head of Gerda Boehm,” 1965, on display at Sotheby’s in New York City in 2016.Credit...Astrid Stawiarz

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“The Studios IV,” 1995.Credit...via Frankie Rossi Art Projects

He was the subject of a 2001 documentary directed by his son, “Frank Auerbach: To the Studio,” a visual record of one of the most restless, relentless, obsessive figures in modern art.

“I sometimes think of doing other things, but actually it’s much more interesting to paint,” Mr. Auerbach told The Guardian in 2015. “It is just a marvelous activity that humans have invented and now, as I get older and can’t work the hours I did when I was younger, I do sometimes think about the aged Clemenceau passing a beautiful woman in the street in Paris and saying to his companion, ‘I wish I was 70 again.’”