Frank Auerbach (1931-), Painter
Sitter associated with 16 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Berlin-born artist, Auerbach was sent to England by his parents as a refugee from Nazi Germany in 1939. Taking British nationality in 1947, Auerbach trained at Saint Martin's School of Art (1948-52) and the Royal College of Art (1952-5). The artist's style is distinctive; thickly impastoed paintings and heavily worked drawings. His subjects are limited to a handful of close friends and family and North London landscapes.
by Frank Auerbach
pencil and graphite, 1994-2001
On display in Room 40 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6611
by Daniel Farson
semi-matte bromide print, July 1948
NPG x25194
by Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, 1965
NPG x13704
by Bob Collins
modern bromide print from original 35mm negative, 1972
NPG x128699
by Bob Collins
bromide fibre print, 1972
NPG x34122
by Harry Diamond
vintage bromide print, 13 May 1975
NPG x135767
Lucian Freud, Frank Auerbach, Stephen Finer, Julia Auerbach (née Wolstenholme), R.B. Kitaj
by Max Kitaj
digital print, 21 June 1997
NPG x137093
'The British Council 70 Years at the Venice Biennale'
by Julian Germain
archival inkjet print, 21 October 2009
NPG x132893
'Summer evening in the Garden' (Julia Auerbach (née Wolstenholme); Frank Auerbach; David Hockney)
by David Dawson
C-type colour print, 2003
NPG x134646
'At Dinner' (Frank Auerbach; Lucian Freud; David Hockney)
by David Dawson
C-type colour print, 2003
NPG x126307
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