In the 1950s, Auerbach began to develop his distinctly thick and expressive style and became known for his portraits and cityscapes, which were often created through intense and prolonged periods of observation, and reworking.
Frank Auerbach is a British painter who was born in Berlin, Germany, in 1931.
After relocating to England during the second World War, Auerbach went on the study at St Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London.
In the 1950s, Auerbach began to develop his distinctly thick and expressive style of painting. He became known for his portraits and cityscapes, which were often created through intense and prolonged periods of observation, and reworking. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud. Throughout his career Auerback has been the subject of numerous exhibitions and retrospectives, including a major retrospective at London's Tate Britain in 2015. His works have been collected by prestigious institutions worldwide, including the British Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco. Despite his success Auerbach is famously reclusive and rarely grants interviews or appears in public. He continues to maintain a studio in London.