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Great Lives

Germaine Greer on Dame Elizabeth Frink

Great Lives

BBC

Documentary, History, Society & Culture

4.21.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Germaine Greer nominates sculptor Dame Elizabeth Frink

She was best known for striking sculptures ranging from horses and goats, to wild eagles and disembodied heads.

As a female sculptor working in a man's world, Elisabeth Frink found it hard to establish herself in the 1950s.

To help tell the story of her hero, Germaine Greer is joined by Frink's son, Lin Jammet, and the art critic Richard Cork.

Presented by Matthew Parris.

Producer: Perminder Khatkar

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2017.

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Recently I was at the Old Stables at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire.

0:41.0

There's a sort of cafe there with families out for the weekend.

0:44.9

And in the courtyard is a wonderful bronze sculpture of a horse.

0:48.9

Sturdy, stocky, children love climbing on it, but very much the essence of horse.

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This week's great life made that sculpture,

0:58.0

and hundreds of others across our country.

1:01.0

She was best known for striking sculptures ranging from horses and goats to wild eagles and disembodied heads.

1:08.0

A female sculptor working in a man's world, Elizabeth Frink found it hard to establish herself in the 1950s.

1:16.0

In fact, by many, she's been rather forgotten.

1:18.9

So making the case that she deserves better is my guest, Germain Greer. She needs no introduction.

1:25.0

Germain Greer.

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