Sir Terry Frost one of Britain's most famous abstract artists. He born in Leamington Spa, Warwickshire in 1915. He a teacher and a painter. He in Cornwall. The region a rich source of inspiration for his work. He was a prisoner during the Second World War. He a painter at the end of the war. He to Camberwell School of Art and then St Ives School of Art. In 1945, he Kathleen Clarke. In 1951, he as an assistant to sculptor Barbara Hepworth. Later, he at Bath Academy of Art and in Leeds and then at Reading University in 1965. His first exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1952. He regularly in London. His first international exhibition in New York. He on the 1st September 2003 at his home in Newlyn, Cornwall.