Artwork at Arbor: Madron Blue Series by Terry Frost
Sir Terry Frost (1915 - 2013) was an English painter best known for his geometric abstractions. Overlapping half-circles, rectangles, and squares of bright colours, the artist’s work conveyed his enthusiasm for perceptual phenomena.
Born on October 13, 1915, in Leamington Spa, United Kingdom, he served in World War II where he was captured by the Nazis as a prisoner of war. While in captivity, he met fellow English painter Adrian Heath. Upon his return to England, and spurred by the art-related conversations he had with Heath, Frost attended the Camberwell School of Art.
In school, he studied under the renowned painters Ben Nicholson and William Coldstream. Later, as his painting career progressed, he began teaching at institutions such as the University of Leeds and the University of Reading.
Today, the artist’s works are in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh.
Title:
Madron Blue Series
Artist:
Terry Frost
Year:
1997
Medium:
Etching