Biography
Born in Thurlow, Suffolk, she was educated at a convent in Exmouth, and then studied at Guildford and Chelsea schools of art between 1947 and 1953. She then taught at Chelsea (1953-60) and at St Martin's School of Art (1955-7).

She lived in France between 1967 and 1972, and later lived and worked in Dorset. She married three times, to Michael Jamnet (1956-62), Edward Pool (1968-74) and Alex Csaky (from 1975).

Elisabeth Frink exhibited regularly, especially in the Waddington Galleries. She created strong individual figure in landscape, usually in movement, and her particular interest in the male head can be seen in a succession of series after the 1950s, from warriors to Sorry - this work is soldiers, to victims of suffering. Among her public works are the Kennedy Memorial in Dallas and the lectern of Coventry Cathedral.

She also painted, and published etchings illustrating Aesop's Fables (1967), The Canterbury Tales (1971), and the Odyssey and Iliad (1974 - 1975). She was made a CBE in 1968 and DBE in 1982 and was elected to the Royal Academy in 1977.