ANTHONY FRY
Nude in a Red Tent, 1990-94
oil and dry pigment on canvas
67 x 74 in. / 170.2 x 188 cm.
Browse and Darby is delighted to present our upcoming exhibition of works by Anthony Fry (1927 – 2016). The exhibition will include paintings, works on paper, and prints representing the artist’s exploration of colour and light.
Fry was born in Essex in 1927. The cousin of critic, Roger Fry, and fellow artist Howard Hodgkin, Fry studied at Edinburgh College of Art, followed by Camberwell where he was taught by William Coldstream, Lawrence Gowing and Victor Pasmore. In 1950 Fry was awarded the Prix de Rome necessitating two years’ study in Italy, establishing in him a great love of travel which influenced much of his work going forwards. Fry was a member of the London Group, and taught at Camberwell and the Bath Academy of Art.
Throughout his life, Fry was increasingly drawn to countries with warmer climates, and was especially inspired by the culture and landscape of Italy, Morocco, Malta, and India. The artist studied the effect of sunlight and heat on the views before him, the result of which were pictures richly saturated in colour, and compositions often of a dreamlike quality. Fry found particular inspiration in the old spice port of Cochin (now Kochi) in southwest India where he spent numerous winters, composing these otherworldly scenes in vibrant hues with exotic subject matter, which he then worked up in the summer months in his studio in Wiltshire, England.
Fry was born in Essex in 1927. The cousin of critic, Roger Fry, and fellow artist Howard Hodgkin, Fry studied at Edinburgh College of Art, followed by Camberwell where he was taught by William Coldstream, Lawrence Gowing and Victor Pasmore. In 1950 Fry was awarded the Prix de Rome necessitating two years’ study in Italy, establishing in him a great love of travel which influenced much of his work going forwards. Fry was a member of the London Group, and taught at Camberwell and the Bath Academy of Art.
Throughout his life, Fry was increasingly drawn to countries with warmer climates, and was especially inspired by the culture and landscape of Italy, Morocco, Malta, and India. The artist studied the effect of sunlight and heat on the views before him, the result of which were pictures richly saturated in colour, and compositions often of a dreamlike quality. Fry found particular inspiration in the old spice port of Cochin (now Kochi) in southwest India where he spent numerous winters, composing these otherworldly scenes in vibrant hues with exotic subject matter, which he then worked up in the summer months in his studio in Wiltshire, England.
