{"id":1346,"date":"2020-04-01T09:34:46","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T09:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/?p=1346"},"modified":"2020-04-01T13:58:47","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T13:58:47","slug":"the-frink-archive-at-dorset-history-centre-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/2020\/04\/01\/the-frink-archive-at-dorset-history-centre-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"The Frink Archive at Dorset History Centre \u2013 an update"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dorset History Centre <\/span>has been lucky enough to be gifted the archive\u00a0<\/span>of Dame Elisabeth Frink, one of Britain\u2019s foremost modern sculptors<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 this was provided to D<\/span>HC in accordance with the wishes of the artist\u2019s late son Lin Jammet<\/span>.\u00a0 Work<\/span>\u00a0to catalogue the archive has been underway since October and you will hear from the archivist undertaking this task in a future blog post.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Work on the collection itself has\u00a0<\/span>unfortunately been interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak, but there are still things we\u2019d like to share with you about\u00a0<\/span>Frink and our project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first of these is that a new podcast has been <\/span>released by the\u00a0<\/span>Paul Mellon Centre<\/span><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The podcast<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0which features DHC and the archive<\/span>\u00a0provides a fascinating and extremely accessible overview of Frink\u2019s life and career and puts her work into the context<\/span>\u00a0of<\/span>\u00a0both the era in which she lived, but also the\u00a0<\/span>artists with whom she mixed.\u00a0 What comes across strongly is that Frink<\/span>\u00a0was a true individualist \u2013 not willing to join any\u00a0<\/span>particular \u2018school\u2019<\/span>\u00a0of art<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>even to the point of using seemingly out-of-favour techniques and materials in her work<\/span>.\u00a0 Despite being hugely popular with the public \u2013 and the\u00a0<\/span>first\u00a0<\/span>woman to be created a Royal Academician in the category of sculpture, it seems that only in more recent time<\/span>s<\/span>\u00a0has her reputation (and the value of her works) begun to rise.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>The podcast features significant input from Annette\u00a0<\/span>Ratuszniak<\/span>,\u00a0<\/span>former curator to the Frink Estate and a close collaborator on our project<\/span>\u00a0here at DHC<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>You can listen to the podcast\u00a0<\/span>here<\/span><\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The second thing we wish to mention is that t<\/span>hanks to fundraising by\u00a0<\/span>Dorset Archives Trust<\/span><\/a>\u00a0and its President Val Pitt-Rivers, we were for<\/span>tunate in being able to raise over \u00a35,000 which allowed DHC to purchase<\/span>\u00a0a bespoke case in which to safely\u00a0<\/span>exhibit the several Frink bronzes that formed part of the gift\u00a0<\/span>received by DHC.\u00a0 The case is now built\u00a0<\/span>and ready for delivery \u2013 as soon as we can re-open our doors!<\/span>\u00a0 Alongside the bronze sculpture, DHC also\u00a0<\/span>now owns several fragile Frink plaster\u00a0<\/span>maquettes<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 and these too, along with archival material will be displayed in our new case.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>We look forwar<\/span>d to being able to make this available to the public in due course.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Longer term,\u00a0<\/span>it is hoped that other Dorset-based notable artists and craftspeople will consider depositing their archives at DHC.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Archives provide evidence and context \u2013 the\u00a0<\/span>stories and detail behind the creation of works of art and why\u00a0<\/span>in turn we gain pleasure from viewing and\u00a0<\/span>engaging with the work.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dorset History Centre has been lucky enough to be gifted the archive\u00a0of Dame Elisabeth Frink, one of Britain\u2019s foremost modern sculptors\u00a0\u2013 this was provided to DHC in accordance with the wishes of the artist\u2019s late son Lin Jammet.\u00a0 Work\u00a0to catalogue the archive has been underway since October and you will hear from the archivist undertaking… Read more The Frink Archive at Dorset History Centre \u2013 an update<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1892,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,11],"tags":[82,112],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1892"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1346"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1363,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1346\/revisions\/1363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1346"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1346"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk\/dorset-history-centre-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1346"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}