
FRANK AUERBACH (1931–2024) By Invar-Torre Hollaus
Like his contemporaries Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, the late Frank Auerbach remained committed to figuration at a time when abstraction and minimalism claimed to herald progress and individual freedom. Postwar London was not merely the sociohistorical backdrop to Auerbach’s oeuvre but also the primary site of his practice. Working in his Camden studio, he painted sitters and city views over decades – aiming less at surface likeness than at capturing the underlying structure and emotional gravity of his subjects. Invar-Torre Hollaus situates Auerbach’s singular oeuvre within its biographical and art historical contexts.
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