Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003)
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BLACK, WHITE AND YELLOW 1974 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P2330 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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COMPOSITION, RED AND GREY 1960 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P366 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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ABSTRACT- ORANGE AND BLACK 1956 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P1754/1 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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UNTITLED 1998 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P7174-P7183 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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ABSTRACT - BLACK AND WHITE 1957 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P1754 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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WINTER LANDSCAPE 1955 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P282 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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MOONSHIP 1972 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P4403 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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BLUE WINTER 1956 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P364 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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M 17, OCTOBER '62 1962 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P750 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
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MARS AND LINEN 1961 Sir Terry Frost (1915 – 2003) P389 © Estate of Terry Frost. All Rights Reserved, DACS 2023.
Terry Frost was born in Leamington Spa in Warwickshire. He left school at the age of 14 and had a variety of jobs, including working in a cycle shop and the paint workshop of an aircraft factory. At the outbreak of war he joined up, serving as a Commando until he was captured in Crete in 1941. He was later transferred to Stalag 383 in Bavaria. Here he joined the painting classes run by fellow PoWs and met the painter Adrian Heath who encouraged him to paint in oils; Heath became a life-long supporter and friend. Frost was principally linked with the St Ives group of painters and his association with Roger Hilton, Patrick Heron, Ben Nicholson and others had a lasting impact on his art. Much of the formal quality of his early work had its origins in his response to his surroundings in Cornwall, shapes derived from ships and nautical tackle, rocks and sea, gulls and gorse. Inevitably he developed a strong feeling for the clarity of Cornish light and sharply defined forms and brilliant colours are characteristics of his work, which was always responsive to movement in time and space.
Further reading:
Terry Frost: Six Deacdes, Royal Academy of Arts, London 2000
Glossary
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.