Biography

Dame Elisabeth Frink was born in Thurlow, Suffolk in 1930. She studied Guilford School of Art and Chelsea School of Art, where she was taught by Bernard Meadows. Frink went on to teach at St Martins School of Art, Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art.
Elisabeth Frink was one of Britains leading post war sculptors and her achievments were recognised in 1969 when she was awarded a CBE and again in 1982 when she was made a Dame of the British Empire.
Men, Horses, Dogs and Birds were Frink's subject matter throughout her career and this is true of her prints as well as her sculpture.
Elisabeth Frink exhibited worldwide and her work is included in all major collections of 20th Century British art.
Elisabeth Frink died in 1993.