Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93
Al Jazeera
Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany.
Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a child, has died at age 93, his representatives say.
One of the foremost painters of the 20th century, Auerbach died at his home in London on Monday.
Geoffrey Parton, director of Frankie Rossi Art Projects, said on Tuesday that they had lost “a dear friend and remarkable artist but take comfort knowing his voice will resonate for generations to come”.
Born in Berlin in 1931, Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a refugee during World War II under the Kindertransport scheme, which rescued mainly Jewish children from Nazi territory.
His engineer father and his mother, who trained as an artist, were both killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
