More than 400 objects collected at the Dorset Museum of famous artist Elisabeth Frink, including prints, drawings, sculptures and photos all depict her story first hand.

Many of her sculptures are displayed at the Dorset Museum to celebrate her work, life, and her messages. The exhibition was named ‘A View from Within’ to honour the processes and feelings when making her sculptures, and to have them on public display. Most of the works at the Dorset Museum were kindly gifted by her son, Lin Jannet, who inherited woodland when she died, donating her sacred artworks in 2017 to the nation - Dorset Museum being one of the lucky recipients. Included in the exhibition are famous pieces such as ‘Walking Madonna,’ but also lesser-known prints like ‘Man and animal’, therefore the Museum were keen to represent the rich archive of her work.

Lucy Johnston, Exhibition manager at Dorset Museum, said: ‘A lot of visitors have a very emotional response to Frink; some of them knew her, explaining how generous she was. The museum wanted to celebrate her as a person and a sculptor.’ Elisabeth was a huge advocate of human rights and freedom of speech: being non- religious, she embraced spirituality, and her artwork explores grief, power, resistance, endurance and much more.

The exhibition opened on the 2 of December and closes on the 21st of April.

It will be touring in July in the Museum and Art Gallery and will close in November. Elisabeth Frink’s remarkable artwork of expressionism and modernism is captured perfectly by the presentation at the Dorset Museum, embodying the world of this exceptional artist.