Dame Elisabeth Frink - Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry, UK
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This is a bronze portrait of Dame Elisabeth Frink made in 1956 by F.E. McWilliam.
Waymark Code: WM9HBF
Location: United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/22/2010
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Elisabeth Frink was a student of McWilliam at the time when this sculpture was made. She modelled for him on a number of occasions. It is in the courtyard to the south of the Herbery Art Gallery and Museum.
Dame Elisabeth Frink was a renowned sculptor and lived 1930-1992.
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F.E. McWilliam (30 April 1909 – 13 May 1992) was an Irish surrealist sculptor, born in Banbridge, County Down. He worked in stone, wood and bronze chiefly.
This figure was probably conceived as a tribute to Elisabeth Frink, in a style that closely resembles the subjects own modelling style.