Artist research- Elizabeth Frink

English sculptor and printmaker, She studied at the Guildford School of Art and at the Chelsea School of Art. Her work is distinguished by her commitment to naturalistic forms and themes. Frink's range of subjects included men, birds, dogs, horses and religious motifs. Bird (1952; London, Tate), with its alert, menacing stance, characterizes her early work. She concentrated on bronze outdoor sculpture with a scarred surface created by repeatedly coating an armature with wet plaster; each coating is distressed and broken, eliminating detail and generalising form. In the 1960s Frink's continuing fascination with flight was evident in a series of falling figures and winged men. While living in France from 1967 to 1970, she began a series of threatening, monumental, goggled male heads. On returning to England, she focused on the male nude, barrel-chested, with mask-like features, attenuated limbs and a pitted surface. Frink's sculpture, and her lithographs and etchings created as book illustrations, drew on archetypes expressing masculine strength, struggle and aggression.

































i really like Dame Elizabeths work, and the way she has simplified and enhanced the main facial features is interesting to me and i can definitely take inspiration from her work to use in my own.