S I R  T E R R Y  F R O S T  R. A.

British, 1915-2003

'Bull Blacks, Spain'

Watercolour and collage

77 x 51.5 cm

Signed and dated 'Frost 71/23-8-' (lower right)

EXHIBITIONS:

South West Arts, Devon, no.27

Sir Terry Frost RA was one of Britain’s most successful and highly acclaimed artists of the Twentieth Century. This was recognised in the 1998 New Years Honours List when Sir Terry Frost RA was granted a Knighthood.

Born in 1915 Sir Terry Frost RA discovered his artistic talent during the four years he spent as a Prisoner of War in the Second World War. On his return to England he studied at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts enjoying the flourishing artistic scenes of London and St Ives. He also attended the St Ives School of Art and in 1951 worked as an assistant to sculptor Barbara Hepworth.

He taught at Bath Academy of Art and in Leeds, before becoming Artist in Residence at the Department of Fine Art, Reading University in 1965. He was later the university's Professor of Painting. His first one-man show was held at the Leicester Galleries in 1952. He exhibited in London many times, with a major retrospective, Terry Frost: Six Decades, being held at the Royal Academy in 2000. His unique ability to allow the joy of life to emanate from his work reduces the formal qualities of painting to a simplicity that is the unforgettable trade mark of this remarkable artist.

He was one of the forerunners of abstract painting in the UK and by the late 1950’s he had become established as a leading abstract painter exhibiting regularly in London and throughout the world.

In 1974 Frost moved permanently to Newlyn in Cornwall where his love of the region proved a rich source of inspiration for much of his work.

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