Terry Frost
Painting, Visual Artist
1915 – 2003
Who was Terry Frost?
Sir Terry Frost RA was an English abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall.
Born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, in 1915, he did not become an artist until he was in his 30s. During his army service in World War II, he met and was taught by Adrian Heath while a prisoner of war. Subsequently, he attended Camberwell School of Art and the St. Ives School of Art. In 1951, he worked as an assistant to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth.
Frost's academic career included teaching at Bath Academy of Art, the Cyprus College of Art and the University of Leeds. Later he became Artist in Residence and Professor of Painting at the Department of Fine Art of the University of Reading.
In 1992, he was elected a Royal Academician and he was knighted in 2000.
He married Kathleen Clarke in 1945. They had five sons and one daughter. Two of his sons, Adrian and Anthony Frost and Luke, a grandson also became artists. Another, Stephen is a comedian and actor.
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- Born
- Oct 13, 1915
Leamington Spa - Also known as
- Terence Ernest Manitou Frost
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Education
- Camberwell College of Arts
- Lived in
- Leamington Spa
- Died
- Sep 1, 2003
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on July 23, 2013
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