Are Frank Auerbach's mind bending 'Charcoal Heads' his GREATEST masterpieces?

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Come and join me as I explore this of early works by legendary artist Frank Auerbach in an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery in London. The exhibition contains 17 of his Charcoal Heads as well as a selection of paintings.
00:00-02:40 - Introduction and the artist in context.
02:41-10:34 - Come and explore the show
10:35-13:05 - Review of the exhibition
#art #artist #frankauerbach #Courtauld

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@carlkligerman1981 3 ай бұрын

Amazing! Man that first self portrait is STUNNING

@artgalleryexplorer 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching. These works were great. I will try to show more of the whole picture though!

@war-painter 5 ай бұрын

Wow. Great work. I’ve always loved his paintings but these charcoal works are even better. Wish I was back in London to see it right now. Oh well. Good video.

@artgalleryexplorer 5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much for watching and I hope this gives you at least a sense of the exhibition.

@robertspies4695 5 ай бұрын

Friday--new G. Richter. Sat--F. Auerbach portraits. Keep up the good work and thank you.

@artgalleryexplorer 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching - two great exhibitions.

@JhonathanQuezadaLira 4 ай бұрын

thanks for sharing!

@artgalleryexplorer 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 5 ай бұрын

I agree with you that these drawings are Auerbach's strongest works. Good review.

@artgalleryexplorer 5 ай бұрын

That means a huge amount as I know you have links to the artist. Hugely powerful works. Is it going too far to call them the greatest works of the 'London School'?

@MontyCantsin5 4 ай бұрын

@artvlog4778: israeldiegoriveragenius2th164 is a complete and utter nutcase.

@lorainejohnson6043 5 ай бұрын

Looks like a great show by the master and I enjoyed the review vlog very much. thank you and liked all the detail included.

@artgalleryexplorer 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching and I am so glad you enjoyed it. The word master is definitely true here. I deliberately didn't over play it in the vlog but you can't help but wonder how much Auerbach's own life up until that point, and also the situation London was in at the end of the war affected the mood of these works.

@mattgriffiths7755 5 ай бұрын

I'll be seeing this at the weekend - the charcoals look incredible.

@artgalleryexplorer 5 ай бұрын

Matt - you are in for a treat. I know it's a cliche but you have to see them with your own eyes. Thank you, as always, for watching.

@thefxbip315 4 ай бұрын

Head of Gerda Boehm (1961) at 8:05. Such a stunning masterpiece.

@artgalleryexplorer 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely - sorry for the delay in replying but I agree. I think the depth in the portraits of Boehm surpass even the others. I'm already planning the next visit!

@Cristobels-Green-Boots 4 ай бұрын

Can all these people, TALKING about a Genius - please SHUT UP! 🙏🏻💔🙏🏽

@artgalleryexplorer 4 ай бұрын

These works are amazing, honestly. Look at his very late works I vlogged too. I loved those. The word genius is used a lot about a lot of contemporary artists, often undeservedly. I certainly feel Auerbach has touched close to that at certain points in his career but obviously, many disagree!

@PaulRamnora 2 ай бұрын

It seems he did a lot of 'thinking/work' on improving what he had 'drawn/painted'. Meaning, although, it looks spontaneous...; in reality, it's not...far from, actually. LOL ;-)

@artgalleryexplorer 2 ай бұрын

Definitely not spontaneous in the sense that he was very reluctant to let works go and worked and worked on them right up until they left the studio. Thank you for watching.

@Nancy-tr5fi 5 ай бұрын

I hate hate these museum tours which is nearly all these close ups that may or not reveal an actual picture. What is wrong with people? Do you go into a museum, close your eyes, go up as close as they let you & exam every detail with no concern about the work of the artist? CRINGE