We note that, according to some art sale site,
Elisabeth Frink .... was an English artist, best known for her sculptures of men, animals and religious motifs. Born in rural Suffolk, Frink first studied art at the Guildford School of Art from 1946-49 before moving to London to attend the Chelsea School of Art from 1949-1953. Although an able painter and draughtsman, Frink favoured sculpture. Associated with the group of post-war British sculptors including Eduardo Paolozzi and Reg Butler, Frink is distinguishable for the recurrent natural themes, and the organic style manifest in many of her bronzes. The naturalistic subject matter of much of Frink’s sculpture is exaggerated by her technique of layering and distressing plaster onto a metal frame, achieving a weathered and scarred effect and integrating her sculpture within its often rural context. During the 1960s the animalistic forms which had dominated much of her early sculpture were gradually replaced by a focus on the human form. In the late 1960s Frink produced a series of falling and winged figures, and whilst living in France from 1967-70 she began a series of large male heads. ....she expanded throughout the 1970s, producing large male figures which embodied the strength, aggression and solemnity of man. Frink continued to create work throughout the 1980s and early 90s, exhibiting in a personal retrospective at the Royal Academy in 1987 as well as being commissioned to create public works. Frink’s final sculpture was the monumental Risen Christ commissioned by Liverpool Cathedral, which she completed just one week before her death from cancer in 1993.
She labeled a sculpture from 1955, Falling Cat. Her dates are November 14, 1930 to April 18, 1993.
Elisabeth Frink .... was an English artist, best known for her sculptures of men, animals and religious motifs. Born in rural Suffolk, Frink first studied art at the Guildford School of Art from 1946-49 before moving to London to attend the Chelsea School of Art from 1949-1953. Although an able painter and draughtsman, Frink favoured sculpture. Associated with the group of post-war British sculptors including Eduardo Paolozzi and Reg Butler, Frink is distinguishable for the recurrent natural themes, and the organic style manifest in many of her bronzes. The naturalistic subject matter of much of Frink’s sculpture is exaggerated by her technique of layering and distressing plaster onto a metal frame, achieving a weathered and scarred effect and integrating her sculpture within its often rural context. During the 1960s the animalistic forms which had dominated much of her early sculpture were gradually replaced by a focus on the human form. In the late 1960s Frink produced a series of falling and winged figures, and whilst living in France from 1967-70 she began a series of large male heads. ....she expanded throughout the 1970s, producing large male figures which embodied the strength, aggression and solemnity of man. Frink continued to create work throughout the 1980s and early 90s, exhibiting in a personal retrospective at the Royal Academy in 1987 as well as being commissioned to create public works. Frink’s final sculpture was the monumental Risen Christ commissioned by Liverpool Cathedral, which she completed just one week before her death from cancer in 1993.
She labeled a sculpture from 1955, Falling Cat. Her dates are November 14, 1930 to April 18, 1993.
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