Portrait of Julia
About this artwork
Auerbach mainly paints landscapes and townscapes in the Camden Town area of London, and portraits of a few close friends and relatives. This is a portrait of his wife, Julia Wolstenholme, who Auerbach met at the Royal College of Art in London. Auerbach is noted for his use of extremely thick, impasto paint. Yet here the majority of the paint is thinner and more diluted, which contrasts to a few areas where it is thick and tangible. Overall the appearance created is of a bold, vibrant portrait.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Frank Auerbach (born 1931) English
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title:Portrait of Julia
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date created:1992
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materials:Acrylic on board
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measurements:Framed: 62.70 x 67.30 x 4.50 cm
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credit line:Accepted by H.M. Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax on the Estate of Gerda Boehm and allocated to the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art 2010
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accession number:GMA 5114
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Frank Auerbach
Frank Auerbach
Born in Berlin, Auerbach left Nazi Germany in 1939 to live in England. After the war he settled in London. In 1954 he took over the Camden Town studio of his fellow artist and close friend Leon Kossoff and he has used the same studio ever since. Auerbach has painted mainly landscapes and townscapes...