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Frank auerbach short biography
Frank Auerbach
German-born British painter (1931–2024)
Frank Helmut Auerbach (29 April 1931 – 11 November 2024) was a German-born British painter. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, he became a naturalised British subject in 1947.
He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, both of whom were early supporters of his work.[1][2]
Early life and education
Auerbach was born on 29 April 1931 in Berlin, Germany,[3][4] the son of Max Auerbach, a patent lawyer, and Charlotte Nora Borchardt, who had trained as an artist.[5] With rising Nazi persecution of Jews such as themselves, his parents sent him to Britain in 1939,[6] one of six such children sponsored by British writer Iris Origo.[7][8] His parents stayed behind in Germany, and were murdered in the Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942.[9][10]
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