Sculptor, draughtsman and teacher. She studied at Guildford School of Art, 1949-53, under Willi Soukop and Bernard Meadows. She taught at Chelsea School of Art from 1951-61, St Martin’s School of Art, 1954-62, and at the Royal College of Art from 1965-67. After early exhibiting with the London Group, Frink had a one-man show at St George’s Gallery in 1955 and four years later at Bertha Schaefer Gallery, New York. Over the years she established herself as a sculptor concerned with themes, such as goggle men, running men and horses with and without riders. She also worked on many major public commissions, such as Wild Board for Harlow New Town; Blind Beggar and Dog at Bethnal Green and a noble horse and rider on Piccadilly.
Dame Elisabeth Frink, CH RA (1930-1993), Boar, 1967-68
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Signed
Bronze with a dark brown patina
9 in (22.8 cm ) long
Conceived in 1967-68 and cast in an edition of 7
Collection : The New Grafton Gallery (David Wolfers)
Exhibited : Royal Academy Frink 1985 (57)
Literature : B.Robertson (intro) Frink Sculpture 1984 , p.172 – 173 (171); A. Ratuszniak Frink, Catalogue Raisonne 2013,p.112-113 (FCR 198)
(Different editions in Literature/exhibited)
This effervescent bronze is part of the edition (of 7) commissioned by The Zoological Society of London in 1967. Frink’s first sculpture of a Boar was done for Harlow New Town in 1957. She returned to the subject in a variety of media and on a variety of scales throughout her life, but the catalyst for this particular bronze was the artist’s move to The Camargue in 1967 as the surrounding countryside was over-run with wild boar.
Frink spoke of the attraction of an animal whose Celtic associations were of warfare and aggression.