Elisabeth Frink
(1930-1993), Sculptor and printmakerDame Elisabeth Jean Frink
Sitter in 19 portraits
Artist of 5 portraits
Frink studied at Guildford School of Art (1947) and Chelsea School of Art (1949-53), exhibiting from the early 1950s. She achieved popularity as a figurative sculptor and member of the post-war group known as the 'Geometry of Fear' school. She was fascinated with naturalistic forms, particularly the 'sensuality and strength' of the male form. She taught sculpture at Chelsea, St Martin's and the Royal College, and moved to France from 1967 to 1973 to explore abstract art. 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 for the Risen Christ for the Anglican Cathedral, Liverpool in 1993.
by 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
by Robert Clatworthy
bronze bust, 1983
NPG 5779
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 Unknown photographer, for Van Hallan Press Agency
bromide print, 4 June 1959
NPG x135969
by J.S. Lewinski
bromide print on card mount, November 1965
NPG x13715
by Godfrey Argent
bromide print, 23 April 1970
NPG x32553
by Jill Kennington
bromide fibre print, March 1987
NPG x77003
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