Terry Frost
Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA (born October 13, 1915 in Leamington Spa , † September 1, 2003 in Hayle , Cornwall ) was a British painter .
Life
After Terry Frost left school at the age of 14, he started working in a bicycle shop. In 1939 he joined the army and was taken prisoner of war in Crete in 1941 . In a Bavarian prison camp, he portrayed his fellow prisoners on upholstered covers. After the war ended, Terry married Frost and settled in the well-known artists' village of St. Ives in Cornwall , where he had a studio until his death. After taking courses at St. Ives School of Painting , he moved to London in 1947 to study at the Camberwell School of Arts , where he stayed until 1950. In 1949 he painted his first abstract painting with Madrigal (now Leamington Spa Museum and Art Gallery ).
In 1951 he became assistant to the painter Barbara Hepworth in St. Ives . From 1952, Frost taught at various art schools and universities , (including the Academy of Arts Cyprus ) until he was appointed professor of painting at Reading University in 1977 . In 1992 he was admitted to the Royal Academy of Arts and in 1998 ennobled by Queen Elizabeth II .
Terry Frost was an abstract artist. In his paintings, boat and fishing motifs can be found again and again - Terry Frost lived by the sea for over half a century.
literature
- Dominic Kemp; John Hoyland: Terry Frost prints: a catalog raisonné . Lund Humphries, Farnham, Burlington, 2010
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Frost, Terry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frost, Terence Ernest Manitou |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 13, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leamington Spa |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 2003 |
| Place of death | Hayle , Cornwall |