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Sir Terry Frost Art

British, 1915-2003
Sir Terry Frost (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was an English painter best known for his geometric abstractions. Overlapping half-circles, rectangles, and squares of bright colors, the artist’s work conveyed his enthusiasm for perceptual phenomena. Born on October 13, 1915, in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, he served in World War II where he was captured by the Nazi’s as a prisoner of war. While in captivity at the Stalag 383 prison camp, he met fellow English painter Adrian Heath. Upon his return to England, and spurred by the art-related conversations he had with Heath, Frost attended the Camberwell School of Art. In school, he studied under the renowned painters Ben Nicholson and William Coldstream. Later, as his painting career progressed, he began teaching at institutions such as the University of Leeds and the University of Reading. Frost died on September 1, 2003 in Hayle, United Kingdom. Today, the artist’s works are in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.
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Artist: Sir Terry Frost
"Sun Tree" Abstract Screenprint and Collage
"Sun Tree" Abstract Screenprint and Collage

"Sun Tree" Abstract Screenprint and Collage

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Brecon, Powys

'Sun Tree' - A signed, limited edition 26-colour silkscreen print with 9 collage elements by renowned British abstract artist Sir Terry Frost RA. ​ Medium: Screenprint with Collage ...

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Early 2000s Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Screen

Two Nudes

Two Nudes

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Edinburgh, GB

Sir Terence Frost RA (1915-2003) was a British abstract artist, born in Warwickshire, who worked in Cornwall. Frost became a leading figure of abstract art and attended St Ives Schoo...

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20th Century Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Acrylic

Sir Terry Frost RA: 'Untitled Landscape' oil on canvas 1991 painting

Sir Terry Frost RA: 'Untitled Landscape' oil on canvas 1991 painting

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in London, GB

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1990s Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Canvas, Oil

Sir Terry Frost, 'Ragatta', pencil and gouache, signed, British
Sir Terry Frost, 'Ragatta', pencil and gouache, signed, British

Sir Terry Frost, 'Ragatta', pencil and gouache, signed, British

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Terry Frost was one of the leading figures of post-war British abstraction, celebrated for his vibrant colour, dynamic forms, and deeply intuitive approach to composition. Associated...

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20th Century Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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"At Five O'Clock In the Afternoon",  Signed  Ltd Ed Print by  Sir Terry Frost
"At Five O'Clock In the Afternoon",  Signed  Ltd Ed Print by  Sir Terry Frost

"At Five O'Clock In the Afternoon", Signed Ltd Ed Print by Sir Terry Frost

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Brecon, Powys

At Five O'Clock In The Afternoon by Sir Terry Frost Signed and numbered 5/25 Image 55 x 37.7 cm Published by the artist 1990 On Somerset Satin Paper Contemporary black frame, behind...

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1990s Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Etching

Sir Terry Frost abstract painting, pastel colours, British Cornish school
Sir Terry Frost abstract painting, pastel colours, British Cornish school

Sir Terry Frost abstract painting, pastel colours, British Cornish school

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Sir Terry Frost RA (British, 1915 – 2003) Newlyn Rhythms Oil on canvas Signed and dated ’82 83 88’ (on the reverse) 29.1/4 x 29.1/8 in. (74.4 x 74.2 cm.) (including frame) This beau...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Canvas, Oil

Valentine - Blues and Purples
Valentine - Blues and Purples

Valentine - Blues and Purples

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in London, GB

Terry Frost Valentine - Blues and Purples, 1999 Collage and acrylic hand-signed and dated 99 (lower right); further hand-signed, dated 99 and dedicated (verso) 32 x 31 cm 40.5 x 41 c...

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1990s Modern Sir Terry Frost Art

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Acrylic

British, St. Ives school collage by Sir Terry Frost, dancing figures on red back
British, St. Ives school collage by Sir Terry Frost, dancing figures on red back

British, St. Ives school collage by Sir Terry Frost, dancing figures on red back

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Petworth, West Sussex

Terry Frost (British, 1915 – 2003) Dancing figure Mixed media Collage 16.1/2 x 18.1/2 in. (42 x 47 cm.) to slip edge Provenance: Created for and donated to the St. Ives Theatrical Pr...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Paper

RED AND BLACK ON GREEN

RED AND BLACK ON GREEN

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Portland, ME

Frost, Sir Terry (English, 1915-2003). RED AND BLACK ON GREEN. Screenprint in colors, 1968. Edition size not known. Signed and dated in pencil and inscribed "Artist's Proof." Printed...

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1960s Sir Terry Frost Art

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Screen

Terry Frost 'Bottle and Statue' oil painting abstract still life interior
Terry Frost 'Bottle and Statue' oil painting abstract still life interior

Terry Frost 'Bottle and Statue' oil painting abstract still life interior

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in London, GB

Sir Terry Frost (1915-2003) Bottle and Statue Oil on board 38 x 46cm A distinctive still life featuring bottle, statue, and drapery. Terry Frost was a prominent British abstract artist. Frost is most noted for his simplistic abstract forms and unusual colour; he worked alongside the St Ives group...

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1940s Sir Terry Frost Art

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Board, Oil

Circle Composition Abstract
Circle Composition Abstract

Circle Composition Abstract

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in New York, NY

A vibrant and fun work by the celebrated and beloved Sir Terry Frost - British artist. Framed in clean and contemporary white matting and lacquered frame this is an attention gettin...

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1960s Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

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Abstract Expressionist Etching by Harry Hoehn, c1963

Abstract Expressionist Etching by Harry Hoehn, c1963

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Collage Painting
Collage Painting

Collage Painting

By Sir Terry Frost

Located in Bournemouth, Dorset

British painter, born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, one of the leading artists of the *St Ives School. He attended evening classes in art when he was sixteen, but then worked at various jobs, mainly concerned with electricity and radio, and did not take up painting until 1943, when he was a prisoner of war in Germany. His fellow prisoner Adrian *Heath encouraged him. After the war Frost studied at St Ives School of Art (1946) under its founder Leonard Fuller (1891–1973), then at Camberwell School of Art (1947–50) under *Coldstream and *Pasmore (whom he described as ‘my god’). In 1951 he worked as assistant to Barbara *Hepworth. His early work was in the sober realistic tradition of the *Euston Road School, but he soon turned to abstraction. His work remained based on observations of nature, however, often the harbour at St Ives where he spent a great deal of time up until 1963. Blue Movement (1953, Vancouver Art Gallery) is an attempt to render in abstract terms the effect of the rise and fall of boats in a harbour on a twilit evening. Characteristically he used patterns of interlinked shapes—strongly outlined but avoiding geometrical regularity. Frost taught at Bath Academy of Art, 1952–4, Leeds College of Art, 1956–9, and Reading University, 1965–81. He was appointed professor at Reading in 1977 and became emeritus professor on his retirement. He was knighted in 1998. His son Anthony Frost (1951– ) is also an abstract painter of the St Ives School. Further Reading C. Stephens, Terry Frost (2000) ‘Sir Terry Frost’, obituary, The Times (3 September 2003) Text source: A Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art (Oxford University Press) Sir Terry Frost Collage Painting...

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By Sir Terry Frost

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Sir Terry Frost, Red Black and Yellow Autumnal Landscape, Modern British Art

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Terry Frost, Thrust, Modern British Picture, Ink and Wash on Paper, 1950s
Terry Frost, Thrust, Modern British Picture, Ink and Wash on Paper, 1950s

Terry Frost, Thrust, Modern British Picture, Ink and Wash on Paper, 1950s

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Sir Terry Frost (British,1915-2003) : Thrust Signed & dated 'Frost 58' in pencil, lower right Titled on reverse Ink and wash on paper Provenance: Austin Desmond Fine Art, label verso . The Mayor Gallery, label verso Exhibition history: Austin Desmond 'Terry Frost Works on Paper, 1947 – 1972' Very few artists are successful in monotone as it is brutally visual so any weaknesses in the composition and/or the technique used are laid bare. This is a rare work and the monotone is totally appropriate for the title, ie simple, focused energy in the motion, and also focuses the viewers attention on the movement in the work which you can feel. Measures: Sheet height 24 cm, 9 ½ in., length 34.5 cm, 13 ½ in., In a moulded, ebonized frame. Frame height 46.5 cm, 18 ¼ in, length 56.5 cm, 22 ¼ in, In 1958 Frost was working from Porthmeor Studios in St Ives, having returned with his family from his teaching post in Leeds the previous year. Contemporary St Ives was again a hotbed of artistic activity, with Roger Hilton, Barbara Hepworth, Bernard Leach, Peter Lanyon, Patrick Heron and Brian Wynter all working in the town or nearby. Terry Frost's studio in St Ives, circa 1960. Frost was already an established figure, with two solo shows at the Leicester Galleries to his name and a third that year. In the same year he moved to Waddington Galleries, where he would have exhibitions regularly until 1978. The Tate purchased a first picture in 1959, and Frost's career was also poised to go international with his first American solo show, in 1960, at the Bertha Schaeffer Gallery in New York - a critical success which was attended by American heavyweights de Kooning, Rothko, Kline, Newman, and Motherwell. Frost characterised these years as 'a period of total confidence any mark I made seemed to be fine.' This work Thrust is strongly situated in the development of themes from Frost's Leeds years of 1954 to 1957 and before, to those of his work of the Sixties; and demonstrates motifs present in work from across his career. In the preceding years in Leeds he made a series of paintings which represented a movement through a landscape in abstract, for example Winter 1956, Yorkshire (Tate Collection). The fascination with motion and force and how these could be rendered in composition was first explored earlier in the decade, and extended through to later work such as the Laced, and Suspended Forms series. Here this enquiry is clearly present, both in the title Thrust and in the strong sense of propulsion of the two emphasised v or u forms towards the centre of the image. In all of Frost's work there exists a tension between abstraction and figuration - he never relinquishes to the complete abstraction advanced by Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo and others. From the late fifties into the sixties Frost had a particular approach to the issue: he gave his apparently abstract forms coded meanings. The clearest example of this is the V-shaped wedge, signifying the female nude, of which Frost himself explains firstly the compositional properties: I used wedges a lot to tighten up form... If you've got tightness on a flat surface, the structure is a certainty, it can't fall apart. He goes on to explain the motif's significance to a painting's content: The chevrons and wedges are all part of the figure. The chevrons become nipples often, and then the penetration is a chevron as well. In paintings of the following years, from Black Wedge and White Nude of 1959, to Three Graces and Force 8 of 1960 the wedges are strongly defined. Here in Thrust the motif in development is less sharp, but nonetheless present and active and fundamental to the image; pressing in from two sides and providing a strong contraction of focus. Frost mentions the contemporary domination of Henry Moore and 'his lying-down things' as contributing to his desire to represent the reclining female form. Equally: There was always that side of me. I have to face the fact that I was a terrific flirt. I think Hilton and I were having arguments about the figure at that time, and Lanyon had done a few figure paintings, so there was a bit of a battle on. I was trying to stick to abstraction, but occasionally my romantic side, my love-making side, would take over. Terry Frost, Grey Entry, 1962 (Private Collection) Chevrons continue to appear into Frost's late work, and the more rounded but still directional C- and D-forms are also a dominant motif. Terry Frost, Red and Black on Blue, 1968 (Tate Collection) For an artist often associated with colour the subtlety with which he manipulates a work in black and grey tones is masterly. 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A British 20th Century collage by Sir Terry Frost 'Blacks'

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Red Yellow and Black 1997

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1990s Abstract Sir Terry Frost Art

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Sir Terry Frost Art

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Find a wide variety of authentic Sir Terry Frost art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue, purple and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Sir Terry Frost in paint, oil paint, paper and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Sir Terry Frost art, so small editions measuring 19 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Ben Nicholson, Marc Vaux, and John Hoyland. Sir Terry Frost art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $2,250 and tops out at $21,155, while the average work can sell for $8,399.

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  • 1stDibs ExpertJanuary 10, 2025
    The famous abstract artist who was born in Leamington Spa is Sir Terry Frost. With overlapping half-circles, rectangles, and squares of bright colors, Frost's work conveyed his enthusiasm for perceptual phenomena. His works are now in the collections of the Tate in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh. On 1stDibs, find a diverse assortment of Sir Terry Frost art.