Elisabeth Frink (1930-1993), Sculptor and printmaker
Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink
Sitter in 18 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Frink entered Guildford School of Art in 1947 and studied at Chelsea School of Art (1949-53). She exhibited from the early 1950s and achieved popularity as a figurative sculptor, fascinated with naturalistic forms, particularly the 'sensuality and strength' of the male form. Frink taught sculpture at art schools including Chelsea, St Martin's and the Royal College, and moved to France in 1967 to explore abstract art but returned to live and work in Dorset in 1973. She became a Royal Academician in 1977 and was appointed a DBE in 1982. Her first major commission was for the Eagle lectern of Coventry Cathedral in 1962, and her last was for the Risen Christ for the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool in 1993.
by Bernard Lee ('Bern') Schwartz
dye transfer print, 11 June 1977
NPG P1171
The Meeting, Royal Academy of Arts
by Leonard Rosoman
acrylic on canvas, 1979-1984
NPG 5740
Michel Jammet; Elisabeth Frink
by Ida Kar
2 1/4 inch square film negative, 1956
NPG x133260
by Ida Kar
quarter-plate film negative, 1956
NPG x134087
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1956
NPG x125356
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1956
NPG x125357
by Ida Kar
vintage bromide print, 1956
NPG x125358
by Jorge ('J.S.') Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, November 1965
NPG x13715
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print on card mount, 23 April 1970
NPG x32553
by Mayotte Magnus
bromide print, April 1974
NPG x18614
by Jill Kennington
bromide fibre print, March 1987
NPG x77003
by Unknown photographer, for Van Hallan Press Agency
bromide print, 4 June 1959
NPG x135969
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