Sir Terry Frost

Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003) was a giant of British abstract Art. Born in Leamington Spa in 1915, Frost left school at the age of 14 and worked at Curry's Cycle shop and then Armstrong Whitworth in Coventry until the outbreak of war. He served in countries as diverse as Palestine and Greece, before being captured in 1941. Frost remained a prisoner until the end of the war, an experience that changed his outlook on life and introduced him to the possibilities of art. In prison camp in Bavaria Frost began to paint and draw, encouraged by young artist and fellow prisoner Adrian Heath.

'In prisoner-of-war camp I got tremendous spiritual experience, a more aware or heightened perception during starvation, and I honestly do not think that awakening has ever left me.'

Frost worked as Barbara Hepworth's assistant in 1951 and had his first solo exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1952. Frost taught at many institutions including the Bath Academy of Art (1952-4), Leeds University (who awarded him he was the Gregory Fellowship in 1954) and Reading University. In 1960 Frost had his first solo show in New York at the Barbara Schaefer Gallery, whilst there he met some of the leading American Abstract Expressionists, this experience encouraged him to start painting on a much larger scale. He was awarded the John Moore's Prize in 1965, elected to the Royal Academy in 1992 and knighted in 1998. A retrospective of his work was held at the Royal Academy in 2000.

Frost's work reflects his gratitude and joie de vivre at having survived wartime incarceration; it is full of colour, light and the pleasure of existence 'a sense of delight in front of nature'. Frost took his inspiration from nature; the sun, moon, water, boats and the female form are recurring motifs abstracted into sensuous circles and curves. These shapes are often coloured in dramatic blues, reds, oranges, yellows and blacks. Frost believed that the interplay of colour and shape could realise an event or image more successfully than imitation. He combined strict formal discipline with great expressive freedom and a natural sureness of touch.

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Sir Terry Frost Malaga Blue and Orange £1,900.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue Brad £1,100.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Black Circle £1,900.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue Circle £1,900.00 0 POA
Sir Terry Frost Swing Blue £1,900.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Carlyon Sunshine £2,950.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue and Green Verticals £1,900.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue and Lemon £1,550.00 1 POA
Sir Terry Frost Black Moon and Ochre £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Spanish Dreams £1,250.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Lizard Black II £2,450.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Orange and Blue Space £1,500.00 1 POA
Sir Terry Frost Spring Spiral £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Five Black Moons £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Spirals £1,700.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Its A Good Space £1,700.00 1 POA
Sir Terry Frost Long Red Yellow Black £2,200.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Black Sun Dipper £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Centre Blue £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue Love Tree £2,950.00 1 POA
Sir Terry Frost Orange Green and Blue £1,250.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Lilac and Red Tolacarne £4,000.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Development of a Square within a Square Orange £995.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Development of a Square within a Square Green £995.00 1 POA
Sir Terry Frost Development of a Square within a Square Red £995.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Development of a Square within a Square Blue £995.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Sun and Boats £1,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Blue Red Black Vertical Rhythm £1,750.00 2 POA
Sir Terry Frost Love Tree £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Sun Tree £3,500.00 1 POA	Sir Terry Frost Three For Two £1,900.00 1 POA