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Brothers in paint: Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff | Christie's
The two artists were fast friends for seven decades, and painted each other many times
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One of my Art School professors was Scottish and introduced us to a good many British painters including Auerbach and Kossoff. A number of the British painters of the period... including Kossoff, Auerbach, Francis Bacon, and Lucian Freud became known as the "School of London". They frequently hung out together... circling around the star of the period, Francis Bacon.
Tim Behrens, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Michael Andrews
Francis Bacon- Double Portrait: Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach
Following Francis Bacon's death, Lucian Freud rose to the rank of the leading British painter and arguably the greatest living figurative painter of the time.
Lucian Freud- Portrait of Frank Auerbach
Of Kossoff and Auerbach I always found Auerbach's paintings far more interesting but I do quite like the portrait of Auerbach by Kossoff in the article:
Tim Behrens, Lucian Freud, Francis Bacon, Frank Auerbach and Michael Andrews
Francis Bacon- Double Portrait: Lucian Freud and Frank Auerbach
Following Francis Bacon's death, Lucian Freud rose to the rank of the leading British painter and arguably the greatest living figurative painter of the time.
Lucian Freud- Portrait of Frank Auerbach
Of Kossoff and Auerbach I always found Auerbach's paintings far more interesting but I do quite like the portrait of Auerbach by Kossoff in the article:
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