Frank Auerbach: A Life Painted in Thick Emotion Born in Berlin in 1931, Frank Auerbach’s life was profoundly shaped by the tumultuous events of the early 20th century. His Jewish heritage and the looming threat of Nazi Germany forced his family to flee to England when he was just a boy, an experience that would indelibly inform his artistic vision. Raised in a progressive boarding school in Kent – Bunce Court, a place steeped in intellectual curiosity – Auerbach’s early years were marked by a quiet intensity, a sensitivity honed amidst the upheaval of displacement. This formative period laid…