Sir Terry Frost 1915-2003
Moon Quay, 1950
Pencil, oil, gouache and collage on board
60 1/8 x 21 1/4 inches
152.5 x 54 cm
152.5 x 54 cm
On Adrian Heath’s recommendation, Frost moved to St Ives, where he met and was influenced by leading figures such as Ben Nicholson and in particular Peter Lanyon who were developing...
On Adrian Heath’s recommendation, Frost moved to St Ives, where he met and was influenced by leading figures such as Ben Nicholson and in particular Peter Lanyon who were developing landscape-inspired abstraction.
Lanyon’s physical involvement in the landscape was to be a key influence on Frost’s work: “Peter would drive me all over the place… he taught me to experience landscape… so that you knew what was above and below you, and what was above and below the forms you were going to draw.”
Moon Quay belongs to a body of works which marked a fundamental shift in Frost’s artistic production and established Frost as a major figure in Post-War British abstraction. Following on from Frost’s first mature abstract painting Madrigal, this series can be seen as the first fully resolved statement of the approach to painting that Frost would adhere to for the rest of his career.
Lanyon’s physical involvement in the landscape was to be a key influence on Frost’s work: “Peter would drive me all over the place… he taught me to experience landscape… so that you knew what was above and below you, and what was above and below the forms you were going to draw.”
Moon Quay belongs to a body of works which marked a fundamental shift in Frost’s artistic production and established Frost as a major figure in Post-War British abstraction. Following on from Frost’s first mature abstract painting Madrigal, this series can be seen as the first fully resolved statement of the approach to painting that Frost would adhere to for the rest of his career.
Provenance
Peter Nahum
His sale, Christie's South Kensington, 15th November 2006, Lot 276, where acquired by present owner.
Exhibitions
London Belgrave centre, Terry Frost, October-November 1989, cat. no. 6
Chichester, Festival Exhibition, The Tudor Rooms of the Bishop's Palace, Kindred Spirits, Leading Groups of British Painters in the 19th and 20th centuries, July 1993, cat. no.32
Literature
Chris Stephens, Terry Frost, Tate Publishing, London, 2000, illustrated in colour, page. 24, pl.14
The Belgrave Gallery, Tery Frost, AB Printers Limited, Leicester, October-November 1989, illustrated in colour, pl.6
Margaret Garlake, New Art World, British Art in Postwar society, Yale and London, 1998, illustrated in colour, pg. 118
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