Anthony Frost (born 1951) is a British painter noted for his
abstract works consisting of brightly coloured prints and
collage
Collage (, from the french: coller, "to glue" or "to stick together";) is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole. ...
s.
Biography
Frost was born in
St. Ives, Cornwall
St Ives ( kw, Porth Ia, meaning " St Ia's cove") is a seaside town, civil parish and port in Cornwall, England. The town lies north of Penzance and west of Camborne on the coast of the Celtic Sea. In former times it was commercially dependent ...
, the son of
Sir Terry Frost
Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost Royal Academician, RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a ne ...
.
From 1970 to 1973 he studied at the
Cardiff College of Art
Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD) is one of the five schools that comprise Cardiff Metropolitan University. It originated as the Cardiff School of Art in 1865.
History
Cardiff School of Art & Design opened in 1865 as the Cardiff School of S ...
gaining a
BA (Hons) in
Fine Art
In European academic traditions, fine art is developed primarily for aesthetics or creative expression, distinguishing it from decorative art or applied art, which also has to serve some practical function, such as pottery or most metalwork ...
. His work featured in the "Art Now Cornwall" exhibition at
Tate St Ives
Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture ...
in 2007.
He has been Artist-in-residence at the
Cyprus College of Art
The Cyprus College of Art (CyCA) is an artists' studio group, located in the village of Lempa, Cyprus, Lempa on the west coast of Cyprus. It was founded in 1969 by the artist Stass Paraskos; the current director is the Cyprus-based artist Margaret ...
,
Paphos
Paphos ( el, Πάφος ; tr, Baf) is a coastal city in southwest Cyprus and the capital of Paphos District. In classical antiquity, two locations were called Paphos: Old Paphos, today known as Kouklia, and New Paphos.
The current city of Pap ...
and the
Montmiral
Montmiral () is a commune in the Drôme department in southeastern France.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Drôme department
The following is a list of the 363 communes of the Drôme department of France.
The communes cooperate in th ...
School of Painting, France.
Frost is a fan of
The Fall and his work appears on a number of their record covers, most notably ''
Extricate
''Extricate'' is the 12th album by post-punk band the Fall. It was made immediately after bandleader Mark E. Smith divorced guitarist Brix Smith. Brix's departure helped define the sound of this album: her background vocals and relatively pop ...
''.
The painter's works are included in the public art collections of the Kasser Mochary Foundation, New York and
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, the college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city ...
.
Personal life
Frost works at a studio in
Penzance
Penzance ( ; kw, Pennsans) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, United Kingdom. It is the most westerly major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated ...
and lives in the hamlet of
Rosemergy
Rosemergy is a hamlet near Morvah in Cornwall, United Kingdom on the B3306 road
The B3306, also known as the West Cornwall Coast Road, is a major road of southwestern Cornwall. It connects St Ives in the east to St Just in the west, and even ...
.
He is the brother of actor and comedian
Stephen Frost
Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost (born 28 December 1955) is an English actor and comedian.
Early life
Frost was born in Redruth, Cornwall, and is the son of the abstract artist Terry Frost and brother of painter Anthony Frost.
Career Work w ...
.
See also
*
List of St. Ives artists
*
Luke Frost
References
External links
Gallery of paintings
1951 births
Living people
20th-century English painters
English male painters
21st-century English painters
21st-century English male artists
St Ives artists
Academics of the University for the Creative Arts
Academics of Anglia Ruskin University
People from St Ives, Cornwall
Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design
20th-century English male artists
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