Eva Frankfurther was born into a Jewish family in Berlin, Germany in 1930; following the rise of National Socialism, the Frankfurther family fled to London in 1939; she spent a year at Stoatley Rough boarding school in Surrey, and was afterwards evactuated to Hertfordshire. After the war she studied at St Martin's School of Art, where her fellow students included Frank Auerbach. Quickly disillusioned with the London arts scene, she worked evenings at Lyons Corner House, painting portraits during the day of the ethnically diverse, largely immigrant population of London, among whom she lived and worked and whose lives she championed.

Listen to her story here or read the full biography on the BURU database: https://www.buru.org.uk/contributor/eva-frankfurther