Art
Frink, Elisabeth. (6 of 7). National Life Story Collection: Artists' Lives
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Type
sound
Duration
00:31:26
Shelf mark
C466/12
Subjects
Art
Recording date
1992-12-28 and 1992-12-29
Recording locations
Interviewee's home
Interviewees
Frink, Elisabeth, 1930-1993 (speaker, female)
Interviewers
Kent, Sarah, (speaker, female)
Abstract
Part 6. Elizabeth Frink's (EF) printmaking with Curwen Press and Stanley Jones; illustrations to 'Aesop's Fables' published with Leslie Waddington and Alastair MacAlpine. Reflections on childrens' stories and the Prayer Book; etchings made with Cliff White, illustrations to 'Canterbury Tales', work with the Folio Society on The Odyssey, The Iliad and Odes of Horace. Discussion of 'Christ' for Liverpool Cathedral; patination and colour in her later work and influence of colour in Australian Aboriginal art. Discussion of her work in general and interpretation of it, especially Riace bronzes; thoughts on lives of men and apes and her sculpture on this subject. EF's views on religion and Catholicism, abortion and contraception, civilising influence of art. Description of EF's daily life in Dorset.
Related transcripts
Elisabeth Frink interviewed by Sarah Kent: full transcript of the interview
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