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Frank Auerbach — St. Pancras Steps
Frank Auerbach

St. Pancras Steps

1978

A dynamic and energetic depiction of the familiar London streetscape near St. Pancras, rendered with Auerbach's characteristic intensity through layered coloured markers, crayon, and oil on paper. The built environment is captured in gestural, heavily worked marks that blur the boundary between observation and abstraction, transforming an everyday urban scene into something raw and visceral. Auerbach's relentless reworking of the surface creates a dense accumulation of colour and line that speaks to his lifelong obsession with the streets and structures of his adopted city.

Medium
coloured markers, crayon and oil on paper

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Frank Auerbach, St. Pancras Steps, 1978

A dynamic and energetic depiction of the familiar London streetscape near St. Pancras, rendered with Auerbach's characteristic intensity through layered coloured markers, crayon, and oil on paper. The built environment is captured in gestural, heavily worked marks that blur the boundary between observation and abstraction, transforming an everyday urban scene into something raw and visceral. Auerbach's relentless reworking of the surface creates a dense accumulation of colour and line that speaks to his lifelong obsession with the streets and structures of his adopted city.

Medium
coloured markers, crayon and oil on paper
Year
1978
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

20th Century, Twentieth Century, Muted Earth Tones, Gestural Mark-Making, Renowned Artist, Male Artist, Established Master, Expressionism, Mixed Media, Cityscape, British Artist, Street Scene, Raw and Intense, Muted Tones, Works on Paper, Urban Landscape, Mixed Media on Paper, Raw Energy

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