PAINTER

Frank Auerbach

1931 - 2024

Photo of Frank Auerbach

Icon of person Frank Auerbach

Frank Helmut Auerbach (29 April 1931 – 11 November 2024) was a German-born British painter. Born in Germany to Jewish parents, he became a naturalised British subject in 1947. He is considered one of the leading names in the School of London, with fellow artists Francis Bacon and Lucian Freud, both of whom were early supporters of his work. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Frank Auerbach is the 1,504th most popular painter (up from 1,892nd in 2019), the 4,015th most popular biography from Germany (up from 5,169th in 2019) and the 132nd most popular German Painter.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Frank Auerbach by language

Loading...

Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Frank Auerbach ranks 1,504 out of 2,023. Before him are Heinrich Campendonk, Frederick Arthur Bridgman, Albert Namatjira, Kristjan Raud, Agnes Block, and Nikifor. After him are Bart van der Leck, Karl Hofer, Paolo Salvati, Bartolomeo della Gatta, Thomas Girtin, and Julius Hübner.

Most Popular Painters in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1931, Frank Auerbach ranks 299. Before him are Humaid bin Rashid Al Nuaimi III, Ahmed Laraki, Mikael Tariverdiev, Tomás Balcázar, Shuntarō Tanikawa, and Yevgeny Grishin. After him are Ruy Guerra, Gisela Birkemeyer, Madeleine Berthod, Dimitar Dobrev, Gene Wolfe, and Edith Bruck. Among people deceased in 2024, Frank Auerbach ranks 278. Before him are Daniela Hodrová, Robert Towne, Willi Koslowski, Shuntarō Tanikawa, John Haglelgam, and Edna O'Brien. After him are Paul Morrissey, Gisela Birkemeyer, Denílson Custódio Machado, Michael Verhoeven, Rosie Reyes, and Lou Donaldson.

Others Born in 1931

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 2024

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Frank Auerbach ranks 4,017 out of 7,253. Before him are Karl Mai (1928), Gustav Spörer (1822), Otto Siffling (1912), Agnes Block (1629), Christa Stubnick (1933), and Siegfried Buback (1920). After him are Brigitte Mohnhaupt (1949), Rupert, Count Palatine of Veldenz (1506), Jutta Kleinschmidt (1962), Elisabeth Dorothea of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg (1640), Johann Heinrich Blasius (1809), and Gisela Birkemeyer (1931).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among PAINTERS In Germany

Among painters born in Germany, Frank Auerbach ranks 132. Before him are Joseph-Nicolas Robert-Fleury (1797), Virgil Solis (1514), Ludwig Emil Grimm (1790), J. C. Leyendecker (1874), Heinrich Campendonk (1889), and Agnes Block (1629). After him are Karl Hofer (1878), Cosmas Damian Asam (1686), Peter von Hess (1792), David Klöcker Ehrenstrahl (1628), Georg Schrimpf (1889), and Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792).

German born Painters

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous