Frank Auerbach is a British painter born in Berlin in 1931. He fled Nazi Germany with his parents in 1939 and settled in London. Auerbach studied at the St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London. He is known for his thickly impastoed paintings of people and urban landscapes. Auerbach's work is characterized by a sense of urgency and intensity, with his subjects often depicted in a distorted and fragmented manner. He has been associated with the School of London, a group of artists who emerged in the 1950s and 1960s and were known for their figurative painting. Auerbach has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, and his work is held in major collections including the Tate Gallery in London and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He was awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 1986 and was made a Companion of Honour in 2018.
