# Gordon Frickers

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{{Short description|British painter (born 1949)}}

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'''Gordon Frickers''' (born 1949 in [Beckenham](/source/Beckenham), [Kent](/source/Kent), [United Kingdom](/source/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland)<ref name="wivenhoe">{{cite encyclopedia|title=Gordon Frickers |url=http://www.wivenhoe.gov.uk/History/gordon_frickers.htm |encyclopedia=The Wivenhoe Encyclopedia |publisher=Wivenhoe Town Council |access-date=22 August 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121164647/http://www.wivenhoe.gov.uk/History/gordon_frickers.htm |archivedate=21 November 2008 }}</ref>) is a [marine artist](/source/Marine_Art) based in [Plymouth](/source/Plymouth), [Devon](/source/Devon), but also paints in [France](/source/France).  Frickers was the first marine artist to be exhibited at the [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament) in [Brussels](/source/Brussels) in May 2011.<ref name="BMF 2011">{{cite web|title=Life on the Ocean Wave |url=http://www.britishmarine.co.uk/news__press/news_article.aspx?ArticleId=3122 |work=News & Press |publisher=British Marine Federation |accessdate=30 June 2011 |date=14 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930073217/http://www.britishmarine.co.uk/news__press/news_article.aspx?ArticleId=3122 |archivedate=30 September 2011 }}</ref><ref name="Lloyds List 2011">{{cite news|first=Eric|last=van den Berg|title=Brussels date for Frickers|url=http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/regulation/article368589.ece|accessdate=4 July 2011|newspaper=Lloyd's List|date=12 April 2011}}</ref>

==Education and experience==
* [Maidstone College of Fine Art](/source/Maidstone_College_of_Art) (later part of [Kent Institute of Art & Design](/source/Kent_Institute_of_Art_%26_Design) and now part of [University for the Creative Arts](/source/University_for_the_Creative_Arts)) and Medway College : Visual Communication, Photography for advertising & media
* [Falmouth Technical College](/source/Falmouth%2C_Cornwall) : Ship & Boat Building;<ref name="wivenhoe" /><ref name="cranston">{{cite web|title=Gordon Frickers|url=http://www.military-art.com/mall/artist.php?ArtistID=848|work=Cranston Fine Arts – Artist Listings|publisher=Military Print Company|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref>
* Montmiral School of Painting (South West France)
* Plymouth College of Further Education (now [City College Plymouth](/source/City_College_Plymouth)) : Internet, E business, web design<ref name="wivenhoe" />

In addition to being an artist, Frickers is also a master [shipwright](/source/Shipbuilding) and marine and art historian.<ref name="cranston" /> At one time he was managing director of Southeast Boat Building.<ref name="Lloyds List 2011" />

==Awards and memberships==
* Four times chosen [Yachting World](/source/Yachting_World)/[Rolex-Swan](/source/Nautor's_Swan) prize artist<ref name="wivenhoe" />
* Member of the [British Marine Federation](/source/British_Marine_Federation)<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordon Frickers|url=http://www.bmfsw.co.uk/memberpage/Gordon_Frickers/|work=Member List|publisher=British Marine Federation|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref>
* Member of SuperyachtUK<ref>{{cite web |title=Gordon Frickers |url=https://superyachtuk.com/MySYUK/Member-Profiles/Gordon-Frickers |work=Member Profiles |publisher=Superyacht UK |accessdate=22 August 2017 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150810183540/http://superyachtuk.com/MySYUK/Member-Profiles/Gordon-Frickers |archivedate=10 August 2015 }}</ref>

==Works==
Works and series by Frickers include:

* "I have urgent dispatches" which depicts the schooner [''HMS Pickle''](/source/HMS_Pickle_(1800)) conveying news of the death of [Nelson](/source/Admiral_Lord_Nelson) and victory at [Trafalgar](/source/Battle_of_Trafalgar)<ref name="Goodwin 2005">{{cite book|last=Goodwin|first=Peter|title=The Ships of Trafalgar: The British, French and Spanish Fleets, 21 October 1805|year=2005|publisher=Conway Maritime|location=London|isbn=1-84486-015-9|page=256}}</ref><ref name="Lloyds List 2005">{{cite news|newspaper=Lloyd's List|date=19 August 2005|page=6}}</ref>
* "Trafalgar Dawn", the view from ''[HMS Victory](/source/HMS_Victory)'' at 6:05 am on the morning of 21 October 1805<ref name="Lloyds List 2005" /><ref name="Goodwin 2002">{{cite book|last=Goodwin|first=Peter|title=Nelson's Ships: A History of the Vessels in which he Served 1771 – 1805|year=2002|publisher=Conway Maritime|location=London|isbn=0-85177-742-2|page=192}}</ref>
* "Trafalgar Dawn, the French Perspective" showing the view [Vice-Admiral Villeneuve](/source/Pierre-Charles_Villeneuve) had from his flagship ''[Bucentaure](/source/French_ship_Bucentaure_(1803))'' just before the [battle](/source/Battle_of_Trafalgar)<ref name="Lloyds List 2011" />
* 1994 "''Nexus''", the ''[Cable Ship](/source/Cable_layer) Nexus'' commissioned by [BT Marine](/source/BT_Marine) and donated to Coe Metcalf Shipping of Liverpool, who had converted the oil drilling ship ''Pelican 2'' to become ''CS Nexus''<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Western Morning News|date=14 October 1994}}</ref><ref name="Lloyds List 1994">{{cite news|last=Monitor|title=People and Places|url=http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article267731.ece|accessdate=4 July 2011|newspaper=Lloyd's List|date=26 April 1994}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Monitor|title=People and Places|url=http://www.lloydslist.com/ll/sector/ship-operations/article270723.ece|accessdate=4 July 2011|newspaper=Lloyd's List|date=11 January 1995}}</ref>
* 1991 "''Cable Ship Sovereign''" commissioned by [BT Marine](/source/BT_Marine) for their boardroom<ref name="Lloyds List 1994" />
* "The Port of Chester"<ref name="Evening Herald 1993">{{cite news|newspaper=The Evening Herald|date=21 May 1993}}</ref>
* "[''Royal Yacht Britannia''](/source/HMY_Britannia_(Royal_Cutter_Yacht)) (1893)"<ref name="wivenhoe" />
* "[''Uganda''](/source/SS_Uganda) entering [Falmouth](/source/Falmouth%2C_Cornwall) with tugs to lay up after the [Falklands war](/source/Falklands_War)"
* "''Dumra'' departing [Bombay](/source/Bombay) in a rising S.W. monsoon", for Sir [Robin Knox-Johnston](/source/Robin_Knox-Johnston) to celebrate Sir Robin's earliest times at sea<ref>{{cite web|title=Gordon Frickers|url=http://www.biship.com/frickers.htm|work=BI Art Gallery|publisher=John Prescott|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref>
* "[Cunard](/source/Cunard_Line) Express Steamer [The ''Mauretania''](/source/RMS_Mauretania_(1906))"<ref name="cranston" />
* "Plymouth [Cattewater](/source/Cattewater)", which shows a [clipper](/source/clipper) loading in the early 1880s before her imminent departure for [Australia](/source/Australia)
* "[''HMS Formidable''](/source/HMS_Formidable_(67)), [Seafires](/source/Supermarine_Seafire) Returning", painted for a lady<!-- my mother, S White b1921 d2011 --> whose husband<!-- my father, JWW Baker b1920 d1952 --> had served as a pilot<ref>{{cite news|title=Artist gets vote in Brussels|url=http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/Artist-gets-vote-Brussels/story-11697617-detail/story.html|accessdate=2 July 2011|newspaper=This is Devon|date=29 June 2010}}</ref>
* "''[Norway](/source/SS_France_(1961))''", the cruise ship, leaving [Miami](/source/Miami)<ref name="Lloyds List 2011" />
* The voyage of the French explorer [Lapérouse](/source/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Galaup%2C_comte_de_Lap%C3%A9rouse) series
* Historic & Picturesque Wine Villages of [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) series

Some of Frickers work has been reproduced as limited edition prints<ref name="wivenhoe" />

==Patrons==
Frickers patrons and clients include:

* The Sail Training Association (now the [Tall Ships Youth Trust](/source/Tall_Ships_Youth_Trust))<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Western Morning News|date=2 February 1999}}</ref>
* [Caledonian MacBrayne](/source/Caledonian_MacBrayne)<ref name="wivenhoe" /><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Calmac press release|date=6 February 2001}}</ref>
* [British Telecom (Marine) Ltd.](/source/BT_Marine)<ref name="Lloyds List 1994" /><ref name="Tarn">{{cite web |title=Gordon Frickers Painting Exhibition |url=http://www.frenchentree.com/tarn-aveyron-events/DisplayArticle.asp?ID=28941 |accessdate=30 June 2011 |work=Tarn & Aveyron Events |publisher=[FrenchEntrée Magazine](/source/FrenchEntr%C3%A9e_Magazine)}}</ref>
* [Cunard Line](/source/Cunard_Line)
* Yamaha<ref name="wivenhoe" />
* Sir [Robin Knox-Johnston](/source/Robin_Knox-Johnston)
* Maiden G.B. ([Tracy Edwards](/source/Tracy_Edwards))
* Blue Arrow America's Cup
* The [National Trust](/source/National_Trust_for_Places_of_Historic_Interest_or_Natural_Beauty)
* [Imperial Tobacco](/source/Imperial_Tobacco) (Award won)
* [Devonport Management Limited](/source/Devonport_Management_Limited)
* Marine Projects (now known as [Princess Yachts](/source/Princess_Yachts))
* Coe Metcalf Shipping Ltd.
* [Corum](/source/Corum_(watchmakers)) – French [Admiral's Cup](/source/Admiral's_Cup) Sponsor
* Sir [Richard Branson](/source/Richard_Branson)
* [Henri Lloyd Limited](/source/Henri_Lloyd)
* La Maire de [Sauternes](/source/Sauternes%2C_Gironde)
* CPC (United Kingdom) Limited (name changed in 1998 to [Best Foods Inc](/source/Hellmann's_and_Best_Foods))<ref name="Tarn" />

==Exhibitions and galleries==
Frickers work has been exhibited at:

* [European Parliament](/source/European_Parliament), [Brussels](/source/Brussels), May 2011<ref name="BMF 2011" /><ref name="Lloyds List 2011" />
* [Buckingham Palace](/source/Buckingham_Palace)
* [London International Boat Show](/source/London_Boat_Show)
* [Royal Society of Marine Artists](/source/Royal_Society_of_Marine_Artists)
* Maison de la Fontaine, City of [Brest](/source/Brest%2C_France)<ref name="cranston" />
* [Chester Town Hall](/source/Chester_Town_Hall), including a Civic Reception<ref name="Evening Herald 1993" />
* La Mairie, [L'ile sur Tarn](/source/Lisle-sur-Tarn), October, November 2007<ref name="Tarn" />
* 1868 Restaurant, King David Street, [Jerusalem](/source/Jerusalem), May 2007<ref>{{cite news|last=Davis|first=Barry|title=Long forgotten Israel paintings find new life|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|date=15 May 2007|page=24}}</ref>

Frickers' wine villages of France paintings have been exhibited at Gallerie Marin in [Appledore](/source/Appledore%2C_Mid_Devon), north Devon.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Plymouth Western Morning News|title=A colourful view of life in France|date=30 September 2006|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-10123632.html|accessdate=30 June 2011}}{{dead link|date=February 2019|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>

==Books and TV==
Frickers work has appeared in:

* The Nelson Almanac edited by David Harris<ref>{{cite book|editor-first=David |editor-last=Harris|title=The Nelson Almanac: A Book of Days Recording Nelson's Life and the Events That Shaped His Era|year=1998|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=London|isbn=0-85177-755-4|page=192}}</ref>
* Nelson's Ships by Peter Goodwin<ref name="Goodwin 2002" />
* Ships of Trafalgar by Peter Goodwin<ref name="Goodwin 2005" />
* Fighting Ships 1750–1850 by Sam Willis<ref>{{cite book|last=Willis|first=Sam; introduction by N.A.M. Rodger|title=Fighting ships, 1750-1850|year=2007|publisher=Quercus Publishing|location=London|isbn=978-1-84724-171-9|page=224}}</ref>

Frickers appeared in the 2010 TV documentary series, [The Boats that Built Britain](/source/Boats_that_Built_Britain).<ref>{{cite web|title=The Pickle|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1660123/|work=The Boats That Built Britain (TV series documentary 2010)|publisher=IMDb|accessdate=30 June 2011}}</ref>

==External links==
* [http://www.frickers.co.uk Gordon Frickers]

==Notes and references==
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