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
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Signed and dated
Graphite and watercolour on paper
22 x 30 in (56 x 76 cm)
Literature: Edward Lucie-Smith Elisabeth Frink Drawings and Sculpture, 1994 (repr. in colour, p.122)
Frink used Wild Boar as subjects throughout her life but the catalyst for this drawing was her move to the Camargue in 1967 where the surrounding countryside was teaming with boar.