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Born
in 1915, in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire,
Terry Frost first began to paint as
a prisoner of war. Returning to England,
he received an ex-serviceman's grant
and attended Camberwell School of
Art, London from 1947 to 1950. He
went on to teach at the Bath Academy
of Art at Corsham Court from 1952,
and was the Gregory Fellow at Leeds
University 1954 to 1956, teaching
at Leeds School of Art from 1956 to
1957. He was made Artist in Residence
at the Fine Art Department of Newcastle
University in 1964, became a full
time lecturer at the Department of
Fine Art, Reading University 1965,
and went on to become Professor of
Painting at the University of Reading
from 1977 to 1981.
Frost's first one-man show was held
at the Leicester Galleries in 1952.
He continued to exhibit regularly
in London and his first international
one-man show was held in 1961 at the
Bertha Schaeffer Gallery, New York.
Further solo exhibitions include the
ICA, London (1971) and the Serpentine
Gallery, London (1976) organised by
the Arts Council and South West Arts,
touring to Newcastle, Bristol, Leeds,
Chester, Birmingham and Plymouth.
A retrospective exhibition of his
work was held at the Mayor Gallery,
London in 1990 and in 2000 a major
retrospective, 'Terry Frost: Six Decades',
was held at the Royal Academy of Arts,
London. Frost has also participated
in many group shows since 1953, and
his work is held in many corporate
and private collections throughout
the world.
Terry Frost was elected Royal Academician
1992 and received a knighthood in
1998. He lives and works in Newlyn,
Cornwall.
Terry Frost died on 1st September
2003
Recent Solo Exhibitions
2001 Mead Gallery, University of Warwick
2000 Royal Academy of Arts, Sackler
Galleries Beaux Arts, London
1997 Belgrave Gallery, London
1995 Green on Red Gallery, Dublin
McGeary Gallery, Brussels
1994 Mayor Gallery, London
1992 Adelson Gallery, New York
Selected Public Collections
British Museum, London Tate Gallery,
London National Gallery of Canada
National Gallery of New South Wales,
Australia Victoria and Albert Museum,
London European Commission Conference
Centre, Brussels
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