Justine Elinor Frischmann (born 16 September 1969) is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 singer and guitarist

Guitarist

A guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...

, best known for being the lead singer of the now defunct band Elastica

Elastica

Elastica were an English alternative rock band that played punk rock-influenced music. They were best known for their 1995 album Elastica, which produced singles that charted in the US and the UK.-History:...

. In the last few years, she has pursued a career as an abstract painter

Abstract art

Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...

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Justine Frischmann was born in Twickenham

Twickenham

Twickenham is a large suburban town southwest of central London. It is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames and one of the locally important district centres identified in the London Plan...

, to Wilem Frischmann

Wilem Frischmann

Wilem William Frischmann, CBE, FICE, FIStructE is a leading engineer, the chairman of the internationally recognised firm of consulting engineers, Pell Frischmann and generally considered to be one of the foremost engineers of his generation due to his reputation gained on technically...

, a Jewish-Hungarian

Hungary

Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...

 Holocaust survivor who is chairman of the Pell Frischmann

Pell Frischmann

Pell Frischmann is a multi-disciplinary engineering consultancy with an annual turnover approaching £50 million. Pell Frischmann employs over 1,150 staff worldwide with its head office located in London, 16 offices across the UK and international offices in India, the Middle East, Turkey and...

 company of consulting engineers, and to a Jewish-Russia

Russia

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Frischmann attended St Paul's School

St Paul's Girls' School

St Paul's Girls' School is a senior independent school, located in Brook Green, Hammersmith, in West London, England.-History:In 1904 a new day school for girls was established by the trustees of the Dean Colet Foundation , which had run St Paul's School for boys since the sixteenth century...

, before studying Architecture at University College London

University College London

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