O renomado pintor Frank Auerbach, que fugiu da Alemanha nazista quando criança, morreu aos 93 anos. Renowned painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died at 93.

Frank Auerbach, um proeminente pintor do século XX que fugiu da Alemanha nazista quando criança e se tornou uma figura-chave na "Escola de Londres", morreu aos 93 anos. Frank Auerbach, a prominent 20th-century painter who fled Nazi Germany as a child and became a key figure in the "School of London," has died at 93. Chegando à Inglaterra em 1939 como parte do Kindertransport, Auerbach estudou na St. Martin's School of Art e no Royal College of Art. Arriving in England in 1939 as part of the Kindertransport, Auerbach studied at St. Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Conhecido por seus retratos e paisagens quase abstratos, Auerbach ganhou o Leão de Ouro na Bienal de Veneza de 1986. Known for his thickly painted, near-abstract portraits and landscapes, Auerbach won the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Biennale. Seu trabalho recente foi exibido na Galeria Courtauld. His recent work was on display at the Courtauld Gallery.