Frank Auerbach German-British, b. 1931
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Biography
Frank Auerbach initially established his reputation in London in the 1950s when he was widely acknowledged as one of the most powerful young figurative painters.
He is often associated with the School of London, a circle of figurative painters that includes Michael Andrews, Francis Bacon, Lucian Freud, Leon Kossoff and R.B.Kitaj. In his handling of paint, Auerbach is one of the most inventive painters at work today and in his large-scale drawings he has invented an entirely new way of drawing and of reformulating the subject before him. His main subjects are the people and places that he knows intimately.
Works
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Frank AuerbachPrimrose Hill, 1954Oil on Panel86.3 x 117 cms
33 15/16 x 46 1/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachBuilding Site near St Pauls, Winter, 1955Oil on board81.3 x 122 cms
32 1/16 x 48 1/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachPortrait of Laurie Owen, 1971Oil on Paper80 x 58.5 cms
31 7/16 x 23 1/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachHead of JYM, 1983Oil on canvas52 x 62.5 cms
20 7/16 x 24 9/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachHead of Julia, 1986Charcoal and chalk on paper86.5 x 77 cms
34 1/16 x 30 5/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachHead of Catherine Lampert, 1989Charcoal and chalk on paper90.8 x 75 cms
35 11/16 x 29 8/16 ins -
Frank AuerbachJYM Seated II, 1989Oil on canvas41.3 x 50.8 cms
16 4/16 x 20 ins -
Frank AuerbachReclining Head of Julia II, 1994Pencil and charcoal on paper56.8 x 76.2 cms
22 5/16 x 30 ins -
Frank AuerbachReclining Head of Julia III, 1995Acrylic on board40.6 x 45.7 cms
15 15/16 x 17 15/16 ins
Exhibitions
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Special Charity Fundraiser for The Trussell Trust
7 - 30 Dec 2020The Trussell Trust supports a nationwide network of food banks to provide emergency food and support to people locked in poverty, and campaigns for change to end the need for...Read more -
Special Fundraising Sale for the National Health Service
29 Mar - 29 May 2020Unfortunately, NHS Hospital staff, on the front line in the treatment of patients with Covid-19, are still working without the proper PPE (personal protective equipment), and there remains a shortage...Read more -
The Human Abstract
Tony Bevan, Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Dennis Creffield, Derrick Greaves, Zhang Huan, Andre Kertesz, Henry Moore, Andy Warhol 10 Feb - 4 Mar 2016Building on this theme, a central aspect is inspired by Honore de Balzac's great short story, The Unknown Masterpiece (1831). Rather than seeing the story as a message about abstraction,...Read more -
Twentieth Century British Art 2012
6 - 21 Dec 2012Artists whose work is presented include: Frank Auerbach Tony Bevan John Bratby Edward Burra Jake & Dinos Chapman Geoffrey Clarke Prunella Clough John Davies Eric Gill David Hockney Gary Hume...Read more -
Beyond the Human Clay
5 May - 18 Jun 2011In 1976 the great figurative painter and polemicist R.B. Kitaj organized a group exhibition for the Arts Council of Great Britain entitled The Human Clay. To mark the 35th anniversary...Read more -
Modernist Realism
The School of London from Andrews to O'Donoghue 25 Feb - 1 May 2010James Hyman Gallery is pleased to present Modernist Realism an exhibition that focuses on artists who have made London their base and are often associated with the School of London....Read more -
Museum Quality
The Colony Room Mural and Other Important Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture 10 Jun - 22 Aug 2009In celebration we have made a selection of acknowledged masterpieces and little-known rarities from the Modern British inventory of James Hyman Fine Art. We will be exhibiting for the first...Read more -
Violence and Sensation
Francis Bacon and the Remaking of Appearance 5 Sep - 4 Oct 2008James Hyman says: As this exhibition demonstrates, Bacon's legacy was not stylistic so much as conceptual: an encouragement to take risks, an art of extremes, a heightened sense of mortality.Hyman...Read more -
A Tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson
21 Nov - 1 Dec 2007James Hyman is proud to present a personal tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of Britain's greatest architects and art collectors of the last half-century. The exhibition follows...Read more -
From Life. Radical figurative art from Sickert to Bevan
Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Tony Bevan, David Bomberg, William Coldstream, Leon Kossoff, Walter Sickert, Euan Uglow 10 Sep - 18 Oct 2003A spine runs through some of the most radical figurative art in Britain of the twentieth century. Its backbone is drawing and its fibre art school teaching, yet it is...Read more -
A Century of Drawing
Important modern British works on paper from the Camden Town School to Bridget Riley 2 Jul - 29 Aug 2003Read more -
Twentieth Century British Paintings and Drawings
1 Aug - 27 Sep 2002Read more -
The Battle for Realism
9 Sep - 1 Oct 2001Exhibition including Frank Auerbach, Leon Kossoff, Henry Moore, William Scott, Stanley Spencer, Graham Sutherland. ESSAY IN THE GUARDIAN NEWSPAPER BY JAMES HYMANRead more -
Bacon, Freud, Kossoff, Auerbach
Paintings and Selected Drawings 10 May - 22 Jun 2000The exhibition brings together paintings by four of the most important British figure painters of the last half-century, painters often associated with the so -called School of London. It also...Read more
Publications
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Museum Quality
The Colony Room Mural and Other Important Modern British Works from James Hyman Gallery 2009Hardback, 48 pagesRead more
Publisher: James Hyman Gallery
Dimensions: 29.5 x 25 cms -
The Battle for Realism
Figurative Art in Britain during the Cold War 1945 - 60 James Hyman, 2001Hardback, 272 pagesRead more
ISBN: 0-300-09089-7
Dimensions: 28 x 23 cms