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I think that the very earliest influence was a horror of having to work in a bank or an office, a desire for a free and creative life.

Frank Auerbach

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Frank Auerbach
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: April 29
Artist
Drawer
Painter
Berlin
Germany
Frank Helmuth Auerbach
Franck Auerbach
Frank Helmut Auerbach
Free
Desire
Work
Earliest
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Bank
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Horror
Life
Office
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Creative

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