Provenance
Waddington Galleries, LondonGordon House
Leicester Galleries, London
Exhibitions
London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, British Painting & Sculpture, September - October 1954, no. 15.Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, October - December 1955, no. 106.
Newcastle upon Tyne, Arts Council of Great Britain, Laing Art Gallery, Terry Frost: Retrospective Exhibition, April - May 1964, no. 13: this exhibition travelled to York, City Art Gallery, May 1964; Hull, Kingston upon Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, June 1964; and Bradford, City Art Gallery and Museum, July 1964.
St Ives, Tate, Terry Frost: Walking around the Quay, September 1993.
Literature
Exhibition catalogue, British Painting & Sculpture, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, 1954, n.p., no. 15, illustrated.In 1954, Terry Frost painted "Yellow Painting," a work that embodies his transition into bold abstraction. He described the picture's inspiration as stemming from a sweltering summer, where heat seemed to make the air and granite rocks vibrate.
"Yellow Painting" was exhibited at the Whitechapel Art Gallery's "British Painting and Sculpture 1954," the Pittsburgh International at Carnegie Institute in 1955, and was part of Frost's retrospective at The Laing Art Gallery in 1964. Its inclusion in these exhibitions underscores its significance within Frost's oeuvre and the broader mid-century British art scene. Over time, "Yellow Painting" has been recognised as a pivotal work in the artist's career, illustrating his mastery of colourful abstraction and his ability to translate sensory experiences into visual form.
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