Terry Frost `Red & Grey Spiral` vintage lithograph, 1957, English in Vintage Prints & Art from Roomscape

Terry Frost (1915 -2003) was one of the leading members of the St Ives painters and noted for his abstracts. He did not become an artist until he was in his 30`s. During his army service in World War II, he met and was taught by Adrian Heath while prisoner of war. Subsequently, he attended Camberwell School of Art and the St. Ives School of Art. In 1951, he worked as an assistant to the sculptor Barbara Hepworth. His career included teaching at the Bath Academy of Art, serving as Gregory Fellow at the University of Leeds, and teaching at the Cyprus College of Art. Later he became the artist in residence and Professor of Painting at the Department of Fine Art of the University of Reading. In 1992, he was elected a Royal Academician and he was knighted in 1998.