Anthony Frost (born 1951) is a British painter noted for his abstract works consisting of brightly coloured prints and

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Biography

Frost was born in St. Ives, Cornwall, the son of

Sir Terry Frost Sir Terence Ernest Manitou Frost Royal Academician, RA (13 October 1915 – 1 September 2003) was a British abstract artist, who worked in Newlyn, Cornwall. Frost was renowned for his use of the Cornish light, colour and shape to start a ne ...

. From 1970 to 1973 he studied at the

Cardiff College of Art Cardiff School of Art & Design (CSAD) is one of the five schools that comprise Cardiff Metropolitan University. It originated as the Cardiff School of Art in 1865. History Cardiff School of Art & Design opened in 1865 as the Cardiff School of ...

gaining a BA (Hons) in

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. His work featured in the "Art Now Cornwall" exhibition at

Tate St Ives Tate St Ives is an art gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives, Cornwall, England, exhibiting work by modern British artists with links to the St Ives area. The Tate also took over management of another museum in the town, the Barbara Hepworth Mu ...

in 2007. He has been Artist-in-residence at the

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and the

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School of Painting, France. Frost is a fan of The Fall and his work appears on a number of their record covers, most notably ''

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''. The painter's works are included in the public art collections of the Kasser Mochary Foundation, New York and

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Personal life

Frost works at a studio in

Penzance Penzance ( ; ) is a town, civil parish and port in the Penwith district of Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. It is the westernmost major town in Cornwall and is about west-southwest of Plymouth and west-southwest of London. Situated in the ...

and lives in the hamlet of

Rosemergy Rosemergy is a hamlet near Morvah in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom on the B3306 road The B3306, also known as the West Cornwall Coast Road, is a major road of southwestern Cornwall. It connects St Ives, Cornwall, St Ives in the east to St ...

. He is the brother of actor and comedian

Stephen Frost Stephen Frederick Eustace Frost (born 28 December 1955) is an English actor and comedian, best known for his work on ''Whose Line Is It Anyway?'' as well as several projects with comedy partner Mark Arden. Early life Frost was born in Redr ...

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