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Sir Terry Frost

1915–2003

Leeds Landscape c.1956
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Biography

Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a new art movement in England. He became a leading exponent of abstract art and a recognised figure of the British art establishment.

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St Ives School Tachisme British Constructivism

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  • Red and Black Linear

    Sir Terry Frost
    1967–8
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  • Red and Black Solid

    Sir Terry Frost
    1967–8
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  • Lace I (trial Proof)

    Sir Terry Frost
    1968
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  • Lament for Ignacio Sanches Mejias

    Sir Terry Frost
    1989
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  • Rider’s Song

    Sir Terry Frost
    1989
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  • It is True

    Sir Terry Frost
    1989
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  • The Spinster at Mass

    Sir Terry Frost
    1989
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  • The Moon Rising

    Sir Terry Frost
    1989
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    Sir Terry Frost
    1980
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