Elisabeth Jean Frink (1930 - 1993)

Born 14 Nov 1930 in Great Thurlow, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom

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Died 18 Apr 1993 at age 62 in Woolland, Dorset, England, United Kingdom

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Elisabeth Frink is Notable.

Dame Elisabeth Jean Frink was an English sculptor and printmaker known for her interest in naturalistic forms, particular of human figures and horses.

Elisabeth was born in 1930 at Great Thurlow Suffolk. ^[1] The young Elizabeth lived in Lower Thurlow. Her father was an officer serving in the 7th Dragoon guards^[2]. He was one of the members of the British Expeditionary Force evacuated from Dunkirk. During the war, the nearby airbases of RAF Stradishall and RAF Castle Camps were targets for air raids. The cellar of the Frink household was used as a communal air raid shelter. On happier days, the Frink meadow was used by the children for games of cricket .Elizabeth herself went away to school but in her holidays is said to have joined with the other children climbing trees in search of jackdaw's nests. She had a pony which she let other children try to ride bareback ^{[3] [4]}

She studied at Guildford School of Art from 1947 to 1949, and was a student at the Chelsea School of Art. ^[5]

Elisabeth Frink was made a Commander of the British Empire, or CBE, in 1969 and was made a Dame in 1982. In June 1992, Queen Elizabeth II made her a Companion of Honor, an award conferred for conspicuous national service. ^[5]

Elisabeth Frink married three times: first to Michel Jammet in 1955: their son was born in 1958 and the marriage was dissolved in 1963. Her next husband was Edward Pool, who she married in 1969; their marriage was dissolved in 1974. Her final marriage was in 1974 to Hungarian-born Alexander Csaky; the marriage continued up until his death, just a few months before hers.^[6]

She died on 18th April 1993 at her home in Woolland, Dorset. ^{[7] [8]} She was cremated and in 1996, her ashes were interred, next to her third husband's in the graveyard of the parish church. ^{[9] [10]}

Sources

1. ↑ GRO Birth index

   ELizabeth J Frink.

   Registration date ,4th quarter, 1930

   Registration District Risborough, Suffolk

   Mother's Maiden name, Conway-gordon

   Volume 41, page number 1360

2. ↑ Artist guide: Elisabeth Frink https://www.christies.com/features/Collecting-Guide-Elisabeth-Frink-9909-1.aspx Christies Collecting Guide
3. ↑ John Rowling, My Childhood Memories of Thurlow The Thurlows village site
4. ↑ see also. 1939 England and Wales Register , Suffolk, Clare RD, RG 101/6666D,

   Lwr Thurlow Sfk,

   Frink Frederick C M[ale] 4 Apr 68 W[idower] Army Retired (Special Constable, ARP organiser)

   Frink Jean K, F[emale], 22 Oct, 09, M[arried], wife of serving officer

   Next two records 'officially closed'

5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "Celebrated Sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink Dies," AP News, 18 April 1993, accessed at https://apnews.com/article/e1a601b3c25b2be0d31b14d260f89bf7 on 9 Nov 2021.
6. ↑ Robertson, Bryan. Obituary: Dame Elisabeth Frink, The Independent, posted online on 23 Oct 2011, accessed 9 Nov 2021.
7. ↑ British Newspaper Archives, Aberdeen Press and Journal - Monday 19 April 1993

   Dame Elizabeth Frink, celebrated sculptor, died yesterday, quietly at home. Her assistant, Brooke Stanford said 'She had cancer'.

8. ↑ GRO death index

   Elizabeth Jean Csaky

   age 62

   registration date, April 1993

   Registration district, North Dorset

   Register number 46, District and subdistrict 4301, entry number 20.

9. ↑ Dorset History Centre, Woolland parish register, 1813-1996. PE/WOL; RE 1/4 (marginal note 18/4/93 ) Elizabeth Csaky (burial of Ashes) Woolland House, Wooland, 18th April 1996, 62
10. ↑ see also Jan Hibberd, transcriber, Woolland Burial Register, 1813-1996, 1996 18 Apr, Elisabeth CSAKY 62 Woolland House ashes, died 18 Apr, buried beside her husband Dorset OPC