Frank Auerbach dead aged 93: Famed painter who fled Nazis as a Holocaust orphan passes away at his London home

British-German painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died aged 93, his representatives have announced. Auerbach, who was considered one of the finest painters of his generation, died at his home in London on Monday. British-German painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany as a child, has died aged 93, his representatives have announced Auerbach, who was considered one of the finest painters of his generation, died at his home in London on Monday Born in Berlin in 1931, Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee. His most recent exhibition, Frank Auerbach: The Charcoal Heads, opened at London's Courtauld Gallery in February.