Dame Elisabeth Frink CH DBE RA was a British sculptor and printmaker.
Born in Suffolk, Frink studied at the Guildford School of Art (1946 - 1949) and at the Chelsea School of Art (1949 - 1953) before beoming a part of the post-war group The Geometry of Fear. In 1952, she represented Great Britain at the Venice Biennalle with a large cast of a bird. Her subject matter varied from male figures to birds, dogs and horses and even religious motifs, often drawing on stereotypical representations of masculinity.
Frink's sculptures are characterised by their distinctive rugged surfaces. The contortions of her subject matter in the fifties reflected the terror and destruction of a post-war Britain. It was then in the sixties and seventies that her fasciantion with the human form took precedent, with many works featuring hybrid creatures of barrel-chested men with mask-like features.
Elisabeth Frink is subject to a major exhibition, Natural Connection at Yorkshire Sculpture Park from June 2024 until February 2025.