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Sir Terry Frost Biography
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1915 |
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Born October 13th in Leamington Spa
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1946 - 1947 |
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Moved to Cornwall
Studied at St. Ives School of Painting
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1947 |
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Began period of study at Camberwell School of Art where he was taught by, amongst others, members of the pre-war Euston Road group
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1948 |
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Began to paint abstract works
Completed NDD
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1952 - 1954 |
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Visiting lecturer at the Bath Academy of Art
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1956 |
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Part-time lecturer at Leeds College of Art
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1963 |
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Part-time Lecturer at Coventry School of Art
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1965 |
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Full-time Lecturer in the Department of Fine Art, University of Reading
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1970 |
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Appointed Reader in the University of Reading
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1974 |
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Moved studio to Newlyn
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1977 |
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Professor of Painting, University of Reading
Honorary Doctor of Laws degree from CNAA
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1981 |
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Retired from Reading, made Professor Emeritus
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2003 |
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Died September 1, 2003
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2004
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Flowers Graphics, London
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2000
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Angela Flowers Gallery 30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East, London and Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
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1999
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New Publications, Flowers Graphics, London
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1999
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Ten New Abstract Paintings, Flowers East, London
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1999
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Small is Beautiful, Part 1: Abstract, Flowers West, Santa Monica, California
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1999
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30th Anniversary Exhibition, Flowers East
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1998
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New Paintings, Flowers East, London
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1997
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Belgrave Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, The Royal Academy of Arts, London
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1996
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Sim’s Gallery, St. Ives
Flowers East, London
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1995
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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
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1994
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Adelson Galleries, Adelson Galleries New York, NY
Here and Now, Serpentine Gallery
Painter's Prints, Curwen Gallery
British Abstract Painting, Flowers East
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1993
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Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy
Austin-Desmond Fine Art, Tate Gallery
Walking around the Quay, Tate Gallery, St Ives
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1992
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Adelson Gallery
British Abstract Artists of the 50's and 60's, Belgrave Gallery
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1991
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20th Century British painting and Sculpture, Belgrave Gallery
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1989
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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
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1988
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Camberwell Artists of the 1940's and 50's, Belgrave Gallery
Gillian Jason Gallery, Gillian Jason Gallery London, England
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1987 - 1988
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Terry Frost - Painting in the 1980s, Reding University Reading, Lincoln, Ayr, Plymouth, Newlyn, England
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1987
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Looking West, Newlyn Art Gallery, & the Royal College of Art
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1986
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British Prints of the Post-War Years, Redfine Gallery
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1985
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St Ives 1939-64, Tate Gallery
One City Patron, Southampton Art Gallery
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1984
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Landscapes in Britain, Arts Council, Hayward Gallery
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1982
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Rufford Craft Centre, Rufford Craft Centre Nottingham, England
London Regional Art Gallery, London Regional Art Gallery London, Canada
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1981
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New Art Centre, New Art Centre London, England
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1980
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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
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1978
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Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
Gallery Zygos, Gallery Zygos Cyprus
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
Pier Gallery Collection, Tate Gallery, London
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1977
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Retrospective Exhibition, Serpentine Gallery London, England
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1974
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Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
Oxford Gallery, Oxford Gallery Oxford, England
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1973
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Bath Festival, Leeds Playhouse Gallery Leeds, England
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1972
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Arnolfini Gallery, Arnolfini Gallery Bristol, England
John Moores, Exhibition 8, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1971
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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
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1970 - 1971
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International Exhibition of Prints, Tokoyo British Paintings 1960-70, National Gallery of Art, Washington
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1970
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Bear Lane Gallery, Bear Lane Gallery Oxford, England
City Art Gallery, City Art Gallery Plymouth, England
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1969
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Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Modern Art Oxford, England
Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
John Moores Exhibition 7, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
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1968
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Bear Lane Gallery, Bear Lane Gallery Oxford, England
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1967
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Queen Square Gallery, Queen Square Gallery Leeds, England
Lincolnshire Association, Lincolnshire Association Lincoln, England
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1965
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Anolfini Gallery, Anolfini Gallery Bristol, England
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1964
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Retrospective Exhibition (traveled), Laing Gallery Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England
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1963
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Galerie Charles Lienhard, Galerie Charles Lienhard Zurich, Switzerland
Gallery 5, Gallery 5 Reading, England
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1962
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Bertha Schaffer Gallery, Bertha Schaffer Gallery New York, NY
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1961
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Waddington Galleries, Waddington Galleries London, England
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1960
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Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, Bertha Schaeffer Gallery New York, NY
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1958
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Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
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1956
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Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
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1952
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Leicester Galleries, Leicester Galleries London, England
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1947
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G.R. Downing's Bookshop, G.R. Downing's Bookshop St. Ives, England
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1944
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Learnington Public Library, Learnington Public Library Learnington, England
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| Literature |
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1983
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Norrie, J., Terry Frost, Andreas Charalambides, Arts Review, September 1983
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1982
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Lewis, David, in introduction to exhibition catalogue Terry Frost, Recent Paintings May 21-July 4 1982, London Regional Art Gallery, Canada
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1982
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Lewis, A., 'British Avant Garde Painting 1945-1956 - Part 1', Artscribe, March 1982
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1982
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McGregan, C., Rufford Craft Centre Exhibition, Arts Review, March, 1982
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1981
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Davies, P., 'Some notes on the St.Ives School', Art Monthly, July-August, 1981
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1978
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Vaizey, M., Terry Frost: Works on paper', Arts Review, January
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1972
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Finn, Andrea, 'Terry Frost', Southern Arts Diary and Review, April 1972
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1972
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Elderfield, John, Studio International, January 1972
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1954
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Alloway, Lawrence ed. Nine Abstract Artists: their Works and Theory, London, 1954
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Britsh Painting and Sculpture 1960-70. Exhibition Catalogue, Tate Gallery London, and National Gallery Washington
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Brown, David- introduction to exhibition catalogue Terry Frost Paintings, drawings and collages 1976/77, Arts Council of Great Britain
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Lewis, David, intorduction to catalogue of St. Ives 1939-64, Tate Gallery, London
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| Links to further information |
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