George Frost (landscape painter)

George Frost
George Frost
	Self portrait (c. 1800)
Born	1754
Died	28 June 1821 (aged 66–67)
Nationality	English
Known for	Landscape paintings

George Frost (1754–1821) was an English landscape painter who lived in Ipswich, Suffolk, England.

Biography

Frost was the son of a builder at Ousden in Suffolk, and was originally brought up to his father's business. He subsequently obtained a post in the office of the Blue Coach at Ipswich^[1] where he worked until about eight years before his death.^[2]

Career as an artist

Frost had a natural and early love of drawing, and was self-taught as an artist.^[1] According to his obituary in the Gentleman's Magazine:

His productions, and more particularly his Drawings, were admirable, and exhibited abundant proofs of the character and genius of a Master. He studied nature with the closest attention, and in his attempts to delineate her beauties, was eminently successful. He was an accurate observer of her in all her appearances, and possessed a characteristic touch for all her forms. The subjects which he selected were such as did credit to his taste and judgment; and whatever came from his pencil bore the impress of originality and truth, and evinced, in a bold and masterly manner,the local character and features of the County In which he resided.

He was a great admirer and imitator of Gainsborough, and possessed some paintings and drawings by him, notably "The Mall", of which he executed a careful copy when in his 77th year. He was also a close friend of John Constable. His employment at Ipswich caused him to limit his subjects to that town and its neighbourhood, and he was little known elsewhere.^[1]

Gallery

Death

Frost died at his home on the Common Quay at Ipswich on 28 June 1821^[2] after a painful illness.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Dictionary of National Biography 1885–1900
^ ^a ^b "Memoir of the late Mr. George Frost, painter". The Gentleman's Magazine: 89–90. July 1821.

Sources

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Frost, George". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.