James Fry
ARTIST: James Fry (1911-1985) British
TITLE: “Autumn Reflections Wetlands Corfe Dorse”
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on board
SIZE: 49cm x 39cm inc frame
CONDITION: excellent
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: Artist in watercolour, pastel and oil, photographer and designer, born in London, who studied at Watford School of Art under Arthur Scott. During World War II Fry was a committed conscientious objector who worked in forestry alongside German and Italian prisoners. Fry was employed as a colour retoucher on the magazine Picture Post and designed neck-ties for Liberty. In 1954, disenchanted with commercial life in London, he moved to Corfe Castle, in Dorset, where he set up his studio. Fry was with his wife Ivy a committed environmentalist, teetotal, living frugally eating a vegetarian diet, who shunned television, the telephone and newspapers and never learned to drive. He cycled around the county carrying a camera loaded with colour transparency film, which he would later project to complete a painting on canvas.
More paintings by James Fry wanted. If you have pictures to sell then please contact the gallery.
ARTIST: James Fry (1911-1985) British
TITLE: “Corfe River At Sunset”
SIGNED: lower right
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
SIZE: 92cm x 54cm framed
CONDITION: excellent
PRICE: £sold
DETAIL: Artist in watercolour, pastel and oil, photographer and designer, born in London, who studied at Watford School of Art under Arthur Scott. During World War II Fry was a committed conscientious objector who worked in forestry alongside German and Italian prisoners. Fry was employed as a colour retoucher on the magazine Picture Post and designed neck-ties for Liberty. In 1954, disenchanted with commercial life in London, he moved to Corfe Castle, in Dorset, where he set up his studio. Fry was with his wife Ivy a committed environmentalist, teetotal, living frugally eating a vegetarian diet, who shunned television, the telephone and newspapers and never learned to drive. He cycled around the county carrying a camera loaded with colour transparency film, which he would later project to complete a painting on canvas.
More James Fry paintings wanted. If you have pictures to sell then please contact the gallery.
