tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-110989592011-04-21T18:49:52.503ZI'm a keen collector of paintings & other artworks of Sir Terry Frost RA (1915-2003). We share the same birthplace, Leamington Spa, followed a similar career pattern and philosophical attitude toward life; art, military service, hedonism. He was knighted in 1998 so there is some hope for me yet! This blog is my homage to one incredible person.Cactusintheseanoreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11098959.post-1109604192905793322005-02-28T15:19:00.000Z2006-08-17T12:19:07.333Z

Sotheby's Feb 2005 Terry Frost (1915-2003) is another artist whose work provokes ever-increasing competition. In November last year, Yellow Quay (Sotheby's, lot 93) established a new auction record for the artist, selling for £45,600. Its success has attracted the consignment of a work of similar importance dating from the same year (1952), when Frost was working in St. Ives. Estimated at £30,000

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Sir Terry Frost RA was one of the forerunners of abstract painting in the UK, and his passionate use of lines and circles in his work has a wide appeal. Born in 1915, Frost approached art relatively late in life, having worked in a variety of jobs before he was called to fight in the Second World War. He described experiencing "a spiritual awakening a heightened perception during starvation" when

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