6th April to 26th October 2025
Finding a Home at the Fry
The Fry Art Gallery is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year and we are delighted to have as guest curator of the exhibition in the main gallery Ella Ravilious, granddaughter of Eric Ravilious and Tirzah Garwood.
The exhibition is entitled ‘Finding a Home at the Fry’. It has been curated from the Fry’s permanent collection and celebrates art and design which depicts or was made for the domestic space. The exhibition explores the features artists chose for their homes, from oil lamps and rag rugs to patterned wallpapers. Women artists feature strongly, as makers, artists and subject.
The Fry Art Gallery has collected and exhibited the work of the artists of North-West Essex for the last forty years. Thanks to the generosity of artists, their families, friends and donors, many significant artworks have found a safe home within the collection during the past four decades.
The Collection now numbers more than 3,500 objects, ranging from paintings, prints and photos, to books, ceramics, textiles and wallpaper samples. We all have our favourite pieces, but it is impossible to show the entire Collection at once. This exhibition cleverly celebrates some of the lesser-known works, which combine to demonstrate the creative spirit of North West Essex.
The exhibition is sponsored by Sworders Fine at auctioneers
Image: John Aldridge, Lady with Cat, oil on canvas 1950. Collection of the Fry Art Gallery