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In he held his first solo exhibition at the Beaux Arts Gallery in London, where he exhibited until ; He was represented by Marlborough Galleries from until their closure in An internationally acclaimed and exhibited artist, several major retrospectives have been held, including at Tate Britain in Painter Frank Auerbach was born to Jewish parents in Berlin, Germany on 29 April ; his father was a lawyer and his mother a former art student.

In , at the age of eight, he was sent to England to escape persecution at the hands of the Nazis. His parents, who remained behind, perished in the Holocaust. Auerbach spent his childhood at Bunce Court, a progressive boarding school in Kent for Jewish refugees, where he excelled not only in art but also in drama. In he was naturalised a British citizen and moved to London, deciding, at the age of 16, to become an artist.

In , shortly after completing his studies, Auerbach was given his first solo exhibition at Helen Lessore's Beaux Arts Gallery where he continued to exhibit until His work was also exhibited at the Ben Uri Gallery, alongside other Jewish artists, in the same year. At the latter, he worked one day a week from —65, providing 'the strongest antidote possible' to William Coldstream's mathematical system.

Under his powerful influence the studio became 'deep in charcoal, heavily worked paper, and paint scrapings', leaving a legacy that continued long after he moved on to the Slade cited MacDougall , p. Kitaj in , as 'the School of London', although Auerbach stated that he did not feel part of this or any group. Freud, one of Auerbach's closest friends and a collector of his work, bequeathed a collection of 45 Auerbach paintings and drawings to the nation, distributed to museums throughout the UK in In Auerbach was the subject of a major exhibition at the Hayward Gallery in London and in his work was selected for the British Pavilion of the 42nd Venice Biennale at which he was awarded the Golden Lion, along with Sigmar Polke.

Auerbach made some of the most resonant and inventive paintings of people and urban landscapes of recent times.