Frank Martin (sculptor)

This article is about the British sculptor. For other people named Frank Martin, see Frank Martin (disambiguation).

Frank Graeme Martin
Born27 December 1914
Portsmouth, Hampshire
Died19 January 2004
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex[1]
NationalityBritish
Education
Known forsculpture
SpouseEdna Downton

Frank Martin (27 December 1914 – 19 January 2004) was a British sculptor. He was head of the sculpture department of Saint Martin's School of Art from 1952 to 1979. He brought young and forward-thinking sculptors into the department to teach, among them Anthony Caro, Robert Clatworthy, Elisabeth Frink and Eduardo Paolozzi. They and those round them came to be known as the New Generation of British sculptors. In the 1960s and 1970s the sculpture department at Saint Martin's was, in the words of Tim Scott: "the most famous in the art world".[2]

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