Terry Frost

Works
  • Terry Frost, St.Ives, Undated
    St.Ives, Undated
  • Terry Frost, Centre Blue, 2003
    Centre Blue, 2003
  • Terry Frost, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries II, 2003
    Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries II, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Delighted, 2003
    SS Set - Delighted, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Delighted 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - Delighted 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Laced Sun, 2003
    SS Set - Laced Sun, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Laced Sun 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - Laced Sun 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Madonna 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - Madonna 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Ouzo and Black Olives 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - Ouzo and Black Olives 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - PZ and SS 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - PZ and SS 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - SS 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - SS 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Three Graces 29/30, 2003
    SS Set - Three Graces 29/30, 2003
  • Terry Frost, Black Circle, 2002
    Black Circle, 2002
  • Terry Frost, Sun Bow, 2002
    Sun Bow, 2002
  • Terry Frost, Swing on Blue, 2001
    Swing on Blue, 2001
  • Terry Frost, It's a Good Space, 1999
    It's a Good Space, 1999
  • Terry Frost, Three Graces, 1978
    Three Graces, 1978
  • Terry Frost, Untitled, 1959
    Untitled, 1959
  • Terry Frost, Gran's Backyard, 1945
    Gran's Backyard, 1945
  • Terry Frost, Blue Life's Bowl of Cherries
    Blue Life's Bowl of Cherries
  • Terry Frost, Blue Spiral Plate
    Blue Spiral Plate
  • Terry Frost, Red and Black Divided Circle Plate
    Red and Black Divided Circle Plate
  • Terry Frost, Variations
    Variations
  • Terry Frost, Alhambra, 1972
    Alhambra, 1972
  • Terry Frost, Canadian Pacific (Blue), 1997
    Canadian Pacific (Blue), 1997
  • Terry Frost, Double Quay, 1952
    Double Quay, 1952
  • Terry Frost, The Quay, St Ives, 2003
    The Quay, St Ives, 2003
  • Terry Frost, Green Jack, 2000
    Green Jack, 2000
  • Terry Frost, Bull Black, 1991
    Bull Black, 1991
  • Terry Frost, Canadian Pacific (Orange), 1997
    Canadian Pacific (Orange), 1997
  • Terry Frost, Canadian Pacific (Blue/Black), 1997
    Canadian Pacific (Blue/Black), 1997
  • Terry Frost, Canadian Pacific (Yellow), 1997
    Canadian Pacific (Yellow), 1997
  • Terry Frost, Madron Blue IV, 1997
    Madron Blue IV, 1997
  • Terry Frost, Red on Yellow Rhythm, 2003
    Red on Yellow Rhythm, 2003
  • Terry Frost, Sun Up Newlyn, 1984
    Sun Up Newlyn, 1984
  • Terry Frost, Lizard Light, 1997
    Lizard Light, 1997
  • Terry Frost, It is True, 1989
    It is True, 1989
  • Terry Frost, Two Loves for Tredavoe, 1999
    Two Loves for Tredavoe, 1999
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine A, 2000-01
    Timberaine A, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine B, 2000-01
    Timberaine B, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine C, 2000-01
    Timberaine C, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine D, 2000-01
    Timberaine D, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine E, 2000-01
    Timberaine E, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine F, 2000-01
    Timberaine F, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine G, 2000-01
    Timberaine G, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine H, 2000-01
    Timberaine H, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, Timberaine I, 2000-01
    Timberaine I, 2000-01
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Delighted, 2003
    SS Set - Delighted, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Two Models, 2003
    SS Set - Two Models, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - SS, 2003
    SS Set - SS, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Ouzo and Black Olives, 2003
    SS Set - Ouzo and Black Olives, 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - Madonna , 2003
    SS Set - Madonna , 2003
  • Terry Frost, SS Set - PZ and SS, 2003
    SS Set - PZ and SS, 2003
  • Terry Frost, Lorca Suite (Portfolio of 11 etchings), 1989
    Lorca Suite (Portfolio of 11 etchings), 1989
  • Terry Frost, Trewellard Suns (Set of 8 Linocuts), 1989
    Trewellard Suns (Set of 8 Linocuts), 1989
  • Terry Frost, Madron Woodcuts, 1998
    Madron Woodcuts, 1998
  • Terry Frost, Variations
    Variations
Biography
Caption
Caption

Painter, printmaker and teacher Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003), was a key figure in the development of British twentieth-century abstract art, renowned for his bold use of colour and shape, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. 

 

Frosts draw to painting was initially spurred by the art-related conversations he had with fellow English painter Adrian Heath, whilst detained as a prisoner of war in a Nazi camp during World War II. This experience encouraged Frost to attend the Camberwell School of Art upon his return to England in 1945, where he would go on to study under the renowned painters Victor Pasmore, Ben Nicholson and William Coldstream.

 

Frost was given the opportunity to attend the St Ives School of Painting, before returning to Camberwell to complete his studies. In this time and the subsequent years he exhibited with the St Ives Society of Artists, and after settling in Cornwall was elected a member of the Penwith Society and worked as an assistant to Barbara Hepworth, hence he became associated with the St Ives group. 

 

His teaching career led him to Bath Academy of Art, the University of Leeds, Cyprus College of Art and the University of Reading. He was awarded the John Moores Painting Prize in 1965, became a Royal Academician in 1992 and received a knighthood in 1998. A retrospective of his work was held at The Royal Academy in 2000. 

 

Prints were an essential element of Frost's oeuvre. He believed that painting and printmaking were inseparable and that each medium informed each other. 

 

The fabulous book 'A Catalogue Raisonne' by Dominic Kemp (or 'The Frost Bible' as we call it) showcases his complete lifetime catalogue of print work. Terry Frost and Hugh Stoneman enjoyed three decades of print making together, starting with the beautiful Lorca Suite in 1989 through to the vast Madron Woodcuts in 2001. 

 

His work has been exhibited widely on national and international levels, with exhibitions at the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; the Royal Academy, London; Tate, St Ives and Brooklyn Museum, New York.

 

The artist’s works are in public and private collections including Tate, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY and National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh.