Frank Auerbach

This book is the definitive book of the British artist, Frank Auerbach, a much admired and very influential figurative painter. Acclaimed critic and writer William Feaver discusses Auerbach's work in its immediate context and in relation to painting in the great tradition. Together with his selection of 200 large colour plates the book includes extensive conversations with the artist, throwing light on his preoccupations and working practices. In the back there is a catalogue raisonn? section with 950 images that provides a complete overview of his work--many of them not previously reproduced. Auerbach is a favourite of art critics, as evidenced by the quotes below: "At 74, he is one of the best painters around." --Michael Kimmelman, The New York Times, 2006. Robert Hughes, Time art critic, hails Auerbach for representing a way forward for modern painting through his exploration ofman's "relation to the real, resistant and experienced world." Auerbach's work can be found in public collections worldwide including the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum, Aberdeen City, Scotland; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia; British Museum, London, England; Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A; Frissiras Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield, England; Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York, U.S.A; Museo de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil; Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico; Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York; National Gallery of South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa; Royal College of Art, London, England; Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland; Tate Britain, London, England; and the Southampton Art Gallery, Sheffield, England.