Frank Auerbach

Autumn in London, a buzzing Tate Britain, the works of Frank Auerbach await! This is an artist who works oil on canvas primarily, his renowned for having sitters that come to his studio every week, on the same day to sit for years !! The final picture looks like it was done at the first attempt but he has actually taken 50 - 200 separate versions that he deemed not good enough, typically taking months to complete a painting. His canvases are often unbelievably heavy mere due to the quantity of paint he applies.This exhibition has been arranged by the decades of his work starting in the 1950's to the present.

A fascinating exhibition which takes you on a journey through his development as an artist, portraits and landscapes that are familiar to him. I specifically loved the fact that he poured so much of himself into the works, he made no apology for the fact he repeatedly reworked the piece until it was right for him even though often the portraits were a mass of paint and looked somewhat abstract to the onlooker. 

His paintings had an energetic feel to them, you could almost feel the intensity which he would have felt when painting it, quite exhausting! Inspiring for any aspiring artist to follow what feels right for them when creating a piece of artwork, don't follow the norms follow your instinct!