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Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting Hardcover – June 16, 2015

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A rare and fascinating account of one of modern and contemporary painting’s most powerful creative minds

In the course of a career covering more than sixty years, Frank Auerbach has established a still growing international reputation for his paintings of friends, family, and surroundings in north London, with his vigorous, precise brushwork, and for his insistence on working until the picture emerges, free of all “possible explanations.”

Catherine Lampert, an art historian and the curator of a major Auerbach retrospective at the Kunstmuseum Bonn and Tate Britain, has had unique access to the artist since 1978, when she became one of his sitters. Drawing on her conversations with Auerbach and from published and archival interviews, she offers rare insight into his professional life, working methods, and philosophy, as well as the places, people, and experiences that have shaped his life. These include arriving in Britain as a seven-year-old refugee from Nazi Germany in 1939, finding his way in the London art world of the 1950s and 60s, his friendships with Leon Kossoff, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud, among others, and his approaches to looking and painting throughout his working life. The text is complemented by illustrations of Auerbach’s paintings and drawings as well as by images from his studio and personal photographs that have never been published before. 100 illustrations, 78 in color
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"Catherine Lampert…offers a deeply personal chronicle of the artist’s life and career"
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Catherine Lampert is an independent curator and art historian. She has curated numerous exhibitions at the Hayward Gallery, the Royal Academy of the Arts, and the Whitechapel Gallery, where she was director from 1988 to 2001. The subjects of these exhibitions have ranged from old to contemporary masters, including Auguste Rodin, Honoré Daumier, Frank Auerbach, Lucian Freud, Peter Doig, and Michael Andrews. She has also been responsible for exhibitions at European museums, and in 2014 she co-curated “Bare Life,” an exhibition of postwar British figurative painting at the LWL-Museum für Kunst und Kultur in Münster. Her publications include Francis Alys: The Prophet and the Fly and Euan Uglow: The Complete Paintings.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Thames & Hudson; Illustrated edition (June 16, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0500239258
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0500239254
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.96 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.3 x 1.1 x 9.3 inches
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PRB in WI
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent introduction to the artist and his career
Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2024
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This very handsome publication (design and paper) is a well-written biography of an artist who deserves wider attention. Great value!
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blake
5.0 out of 5 stars A book for painters
Reviewed in the United States on January 17, 2018
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A true artists book. One of the best that I've read. Not a lot of time wasted on childhood (although that is covered), but rather more on the psychology of painting. I've never read about a more focused and dedicated painter in my life.
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Ron Levkovitz
4.0 out of 5 stars A well deserved biography
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2022
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While lacking in some details, this biography portrays an interesting and thought provoking image of the artist and is a great introduction to his work and methods.
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caetano-sf
5.0 out of 5 stars Indispensable for anyone interested in Auerbach or his work
Reviewed in the United States on August 23, 2015
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Indispensable if you are interested in Auerbach's work, which seems under-appreciated here in the U.S. Well-written by someone who has known the painter for decades and posed often for him. Auerbach is a truly masterful conversationalist, and it is a joy to find an artist who expresses himself so beautifully.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic read with many insights
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2017
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Fantastic read with many insights. I am a painter so this is one of those rare books that actually talks about the psychology and craft of painting and how they intertwine. I will be rereading this one.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Recommend.
Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2018
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No problems. Recommend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2017
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Timothy, Toronto, ON.
5.0 out of 5 stars Portrait of a reclusive painter
Reviewed in Canada on December 18, 2023
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Unlike his friends Francis Bacon and Lucien Freud, Frank Auerbach is a quiet man who’s content and happy out of the limelight. His friend and frequent model, Catherine Lampert shines a light on the man and his work. Auerbach’s work can be difficult to decipher but Lampert succeeds. There’s a lot of information in this well illustrated book. Highly recommended.
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Arnaldo Junior
4.0 out of 5 stars Muito Bom trabalho. Muito Bem embalado.
Reviewed in Spain on February 19, 2024
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Só não dei 5 estrelas porque os links enviados pela transportadora vieram sempre incompletos. Não era possível através deles, aceder a qualquer informação através dos links. Produto muito, mas muito Bem embalado. Perfeito sem danificação.
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Mr. A. R. Grose
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant insight
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 12, 2023
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A brilliant insight into a great master painter. Recommended reading.
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Catherine Keane
5.0 out of 5 stars A fascinating discovery
Reviewed in France on February 26, 2019
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I find the painter fascinating. So difficult to classify which in my book is excellent. A very varied palette and work which l did not know at all.
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Denis Beauchamp
4.0 out of 5 stars Well written by someone who posed for the artist.
Reviewed in Canada on March 20, 2016
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Liked it very much. Well written with fabulous illustrations of some of Auerbach's figurative and landscape paintings.Catherine Lampert has written an interesting book about one of England's leading artist of the second half of the 20th century along with Bacon and Freud..Unfortunately there are too few books about Frank Auerbach and those available are very expensive. But for an introduction to his work this book is just what you need.
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