Frank Auerbach, peintre de renom, qui a fui l'Allemagne nazie comme un enfant, est mort à 93. Renowned painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died at 93.

Frank Auerbach, un peintre éminent du XXe siècle qui a fui l'Allemagne nazie comme un enfant et est devenu une figure clé dans l'école de Londres, est mort à 93. 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. Arrivé en Angleterre en 1939 dans le cadre du Kindertransport, Auerbach a étudié à l'école d'art de St. Martin et au 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. Connu pour ses portraits et paysages épais et presque abstraits, Auerbach remporte le Lion d'Or à la Biennale de Venise de 1986. Known for his thickly painted, near-abstract portraits and landscapes, Auerbach won the Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Biennale. Ses travaux récents étaient exposés à la galerie Courtauld. His recent work was on display at the Courtauld Gallery.