Frank Auerbach - The Studios
For its inaugural presentation at Frieze Masters, Frankie Rossi Art Projects presents a booth dedicated to showcasing a rare selection of landscape paintings by one of the twentieth century’s sharpest observers of people and places: Frank Auerbach. One of the greatest living painters of our age,
Auerbach is known for his continuous painting of a few resolute sitters and his cityscapes of London. His own studio, both exterior and interior, is a less recognised subject. He took over the studio in Camden Town from Leon Kossoff in 1954 and has worked there ever since. Rarely leaving, he dedicates himself to his work 365 days a year, tirelessly working in an intensely guarded private space that few have ever seen. Auerbach started painting his studio building in the 1970s, creating works titled To the Studios, then, in 2002, produced his first interior of the studio.
The paintings presented at Frieze Masters will span four decades, starting in 1985 and culminating with a major new work from 2021 that has never been exhibited before. ‘Having had the pleasure of working closely with Frank Auerbach for over five decades and organising many of his previous exhibitions, I can attest to the personal and intimate nature of these works. This presentation of his inventive studio paintings offers a moving insight into a private world.’ - Geoffrey Parton, Director, Frankie Rossi Art Projects.
Frankie Rossi Art Projects is a partnership set up together with John Erle Drax and Geoffrey Parton. Established in 2023 they are the sole, worldwide representative of Frank Auerbach.
Frank Auerbach’s studio. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates Ltd.
About Frank Auerbach
Frank Auerbach was born in Berlin in 1931 and came to England in 1939. From 1948 to 1955 he studied at St Martin’s School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. His first retrospective exhibition was shown at the Hayward Gallery in 1978 and Auerbach was awarded the Golden Lion prize at the 1986 Venice Biennale. Notably, he has exhibited at the Van Gogh Museum and Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam; London’s National Gallery; the Royal Academy and in 2015 a retrospective was mounted and shown at Kunstmuseum, Bonn and Tate Britain. Most recently Frank Auerbach The Charcoal Heads at the Courtauld Gallery this year, was received with great acclaim. Frank Auerbach lives and works in London
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Frieze Masters, London, 9 -13 October 2024
Frankie Rossi Art Projects at Frieze Masters, Stand D12