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Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Catherine Lampert
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:240
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
Category/GenreArt and design styles - from c 1900 to now
Painting and paintings
Individual artists and art monographs
ISBN/Barcode 9780500293997
ClassificationsDewey:759.2
Audience
General
Illustrations 100 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint Thames & Hudson Ltd
Publication Date 16 May 2019
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Born in Berlin in 1931 to Jewish parents, the eight-year-old Auerbach was sent to England in 1939 to escape the Nazi regime. His parents stayed behind and died in a concentration camp in 1943. Now in his eighties, Auerbach is still producing his distinctly sculptural paintings of friends, family and surroundings in north London, where he has made his home since the war. The art historian and curator Catherine Lampert has had unique access to the artist since 1978 when she first became one of his sitters. With an emphasis on Auerbach's own words, culled from her conversations with him and archival interviews, she provides a rare insight into his professional life, working methods and philosophy. Auerbach also reflects on the places, people and inspirations that have shaped his life. These include his experiences as a refugee child, finding his way in the London art world of the 1950s and 1960s, his friendships with Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon and Leon Kossoff, among many others, and his approaches to looking and painting throughout his career. For anyone interested in how an artist approaches his craft or his method of capturing reality this is essential reading.

Author Biography

Catherine Lampert, former director of the Whitechapel Art Gallery (1988-2001), has edited and contributed to numerous catalogues and books on contemporary artists over the years. She is now Visiting Professor at the University of the Arts, London.