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Sir Terry Frost    (British, 1915-2003)

 Sir Terry Frost - 2 for Black & White (Paintings) h: 36 x w: 30 in / h: 91.4 x w: 76.2 cm
Sir Terry Frost
2 for Black & White 1992
 
 Sir Terry Frost - 2 UP (Paintings) h: 80 x w: 40 in / h: 203.2 x w: 101.6 cm
Sir Terry Frost
2 UP 2000
 
 Sir Terry Frost - Black & White Construction (Paintings) h: 66 x w: 19 in / h: 167.6 x w: 48.3 cm
Sir Terry Frost
Black & White Construction 1966
 
 Sir Terry Frost - Black & White III (Paintings) h: 42 x w: 40 in / h: 106.7 x w: 101.6 cm
Sir Terry Frost
Black & White III 1988
 
 Sir Terry Frost - Blue Collage (Paintings) h: 37 x w: 27 cm / h: 14.6 x w: 10.6 in
Sir Terry Frost
Blue Collage 1975
 
 Sir Terry Frost - Blue Spiral (Paintings) h: 42 x w: 42 in / h: 106.7 x w: 106.7 cm
Sir Terry Frost
Blue Spiral 2003
 
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Biography
1915 Born October 13th in Leamington Spa
1946 - 1947 Moved to Cornwall
Studied at St. Ives School of Painting
1947 Began period of study at Camberwell School of Art where he was taught by, amongst others, members of the pre-war Euston Road group
1948 Began to paint abstract works
Completed NDD
1952 - 1954 Visiting lecturer at the Bath Academy of Art
1956 Part-time lecturer at Leeds College of Art
1963 Part-time Lecturer at Coventry School of Art
1965 Full-time Lecturer in the Department of Fine Art, University of Reading
1970 Appointed Reader in the University of Reading
1974 Moved studio to Newlyn
1977 Professor of Painting, University of Reading
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from CNAA
1981 Retired from Reading, made Professor Emeritus
1992 Elected RA
1998 Knighted
2003 Died September 1, 2003

Exhibitions
2004 Flowers Graphics, London
2000 Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London and Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
1999 New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
1999 Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London
1999 Small is Beautiful, Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
1999 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East
1998 New Paintings, Flowers East, London
1997 Belgrave Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
1996 Sim’s Gallery, St. Ives
Flowers East, London
1995 Angela Flowers Gallery, Angela Flowers Gallery London, England
The McGeary Gallery, The McGeary Gallery London, England
80th Birthday Exhibition, Paintings of the Nineties and Recent Prints, Flowers East, London
Newlyn Art Gallery
1994 Adelson Galleries, Adelson Galleries New York, NY
Here and Now, Serpentine Gallery
Painter's Prints, Curwen Gallery
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East
1993 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy
Austin-Desmond Fine Art, Tate Gallery
Walking around the Quay, Tate Gallery, St Ives
1992 Adelson Gallery
British Abstract Artists of the 50's and 60's, Belgrave Gallery
1991 20th Century British painting and Sculpture, Belgrave Gallery
1989 St. Ives 1939-63, Tour to Japan
The Presence of Painting, South Bank Center
Sheffield and tour, Mappin Art Gallery
Frost, Mitchell, Berkley Square Gallery
Painting in the Visible World, Austin Desmond Fine Art
Corsham 1946-72, Michael Parkin Fine Art and tour
Post-War British Art, Austin-Desmond
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
The Belgrave Gallery, The Belgrave Gallery London, England
Austin Desmond Fine Art, Austin Desmond Fine Art London, England
1988 Camberwell Artists of the 1940's and 50's, Belgrave Gallery
Gillian Jason Gallery, Gillian Jason Gallery London, England
1987 - 1988 Terry Frost - Painting in the 1980s, Reding University Reading, Lincoln, Ayr, Plymouth, Newlyn, England
1987 Looking West, Newlyn Art Gallery, & the Royal College of Art
1986 British Prints of the Post-War Years, Redfine Gallery
1985 St Ives 1939-64, Tate Gallery
One City Patron, Southampton Art Gallery
1984 Landscapes in Britain, Arts Council, Hayward Gallery
1982 Rufford Craft Centre, Rufford Craft Centre Nottingham, England
London Regional Art Gallery, London Regional Art Gallery London, Canada
1981 New Art Centre, New Art Centre London, England
1980 New Art Centre, New Art Centre London, England
Frany Wynam Galleries, Frany Wynam Galleries Vancouver, Canada
Willis Lane Gallery, Willis Lane Gallery St. Ives, England
Parnham House, Parnham House Dorset, England
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
Hayward Annual, Hayward Gallery, London
1978 Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
Gallery Zygos, Gallery Zygos Cyprus
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
Pier Gallery Collection, Tate Gallery, London
1977 Retrospective Exhibition, Serpentine Gallery London, England
1974 Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
1973 Bath Festival, Leeds Playhouse Gallery Leeds, England
1972 Arnolfini Gallery, Arnolfini Gallery Bristol, England
John Moores, Exhibition 8, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1971 Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
Dartington Hall, Dartington Hall Totnes, Devon, England
Institute of Contemporary Arts, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, England
Peterloo Gallery, Peterloo Gallery Manchester, England
1970 - 1971 International Exhibition of Prints, Tokoyo British Paintings 1960-70, National Gallery of Art, Washington
1970 Bear Lane Gallery, Bear Lane Gallery Oxford, England
City Art Gallery, City Art Gallery Plymouth, England
1969 Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, England
Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
John Moores Exhibition 7, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1968 Bear Lane Gallery, Bear Lane Gallery Oxford, England
1967 Queen Square Gallery, Queen Square Gallery Leeds, England
Lincolnshire Association, Lincolnshire Association Lincoln, England
1965 Anolfini Gallery, Anolfini Gallery Bristol, England
1964 Retrospective Exhibition (traveled), Laing Gallery Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
1963 Galerie Charles Lienhard, Galerie Charles Lienhard Zurich, Switzerland
Gallery 5, Gallery 5 Reading, England
1962 Bertha Schaffer Gallery, Bertha Schaffer Gallery New York, NY
1961 Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
1960 Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, Bertha Schaeffer Gallery New York, NY
1958 Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
1956 Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
1952 Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
1947 G.R. Downing's Bookshop, G.R. Downing's Bookshop St. Ives, England
1944 Learnington Public Library, Learnington Public Library Learnington, England

Literature
1983 Norrie, J., Terry Frost, Andreas Charalambides, Arts Review, September 1983
1982 Lewis, David, in introduction to exhibition catalogue Terry Frost, Recent Paintings May 21-July 4 1982, London Regional Art Gallery, Canada
1982 Lewis, A., 'British Avant Garde Painting 1945-1956 - Part 1', Artscribe, March 1982
1982 McGregan, C., Rufford Craft Centre Exhibition, Arts Review, March, 1982
1981 Davies, P., 'Some notes on the St.Ives School', Art Monthly, July-August, 1981
1978 Vaizey, M., Terry Frost: Works on paper', Arts Review, January
1972 Finn, Andrea, 'Terry Frost', Southern Arts Diary and Review, April 1972
1972 Elderfield, John, Studio International, January 1972
1954 Alloway, Lawrence ed. Nine Abstract Artists: their Works and Theory, London, 1954
Britsh Painting and Sculpture 1960-70. Exhibition Catalogue, Tate Gallery London, and National Gallery Washington
Brown, David- introduction to exhibition catalogue Terry Frost Paintings, drawings and collages 1976/77, Arts Council of Great Britain
Lewis, David, intorduction to catalogue of St. Ives 1939-64, Tate Gallery, London
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