FRANK AUERBACH – EARLY WORKS 1954 – 1978
2012-11-05Frank Auerbach, Early Works 1954 – 1978, will feature eighteen works from private collections, oil paintings and charcoal drawings, some not seen for over thirty years, including portraits of some of the artist’s principle sitters, such as close friend and fellow artist Leon Kossoff, the model Juliet Yardley Mills, and Estella Olivia West.
Born in Berlin in 1931, Frank Auerbach was sent to England to escape Nazism in 1939. He studied at St Martin’s School of Art from 1948 to 1952, the Royal College of Art from 1952 to 1955 and also attended night classes run by David Bomberg at Borough Polytechnic. It was during this period that he developed an enduring friendship with fellow student Leon Kossoff. He had his first solo show in 1956 at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London, where he continued to exhibit regularly until 1963.
From 1965 onwards he has exhibited at Marlborough Gallery. His work features in major public collections including the British Museum, National Gallery, National Portrait Gallery, Tate and the V&A in London, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
Opposite – Portrait of Catherine Lampert, 1978
Exhibition runs through to December 1st, 2012
Ingleby Gallery
15 Calton Road
Edinburgh
EH8 8DL
Scotland
