ELISABETH FRINK | Horse and Rider, 1974
Signed 'Frink 74' (lower left)
Watercolour
84 x 60 cms / 33 x 23½ inches
Horse and Rider depicts a mounted figure rendered with sparse line and thin, uneven washes, the horse shown mid-stride with elongated legs and an arched neck, while the rider appears partially defined, almost absorbed into the animal’s form. The horse is widely understood to draw on the Camargue breed, native to the marshlands of southern France. Elisabeth Frink lived near the Camargue between 1967 and 1970, and these encounters informed her recurring equine imagery.
From a very early age, Elisabeth developed a love and fascination with the outdoors.
She was competent in riding and shooting and adored dogs - all of which were, at the time, considered male activities and attributes.
It could be said that this fascination with masculinity would become a dominant feature of her art.
In 1977 Frink was elected a member of the Royal Academy. Her achievements also earned her a CBE (1969) and in 1982 she was created a Dame of the British Empire.
She also exhibited regularly, particularly at the Waddington Galleries and was an accomplished painter and etcher, illustrating Aesop's Fables (1967), The Canterbury Tales (1971), and the Odyssey and Iliad (1974 - 1975).
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