Work of the month: Fishermen by Keith Vaughan

Work of the month: Fishermen by Keith Vaughan

Work of the month

Screen-printed cotton crepe, 1956 The Fry Gallery is pleased to have acquired this example of one of the furnishing fabrics that Keith Vaughan designed for Edinburgh Weavers between 1956 and 1958. Vaughan was one of several contemporary artists who were commissioned...
New acquisition: Woman & Cat by Robert Colquhoun

New acquisition: Woman & Cat by Robert Colquhoun

News and Events

New acquisition: Woman & Cat, by Robert Colquhoun Lithograph, 1951 At the Fry annual sale last November, the gallery was able to boost its collection with a clutch of works by ‘Fry’ artists. They include two late watercolours and a print by Edward...
Great Bardfield and Beyond: A Working Landscape

Great Bardfield and Beyond: A Working Landscape

Exhibitions

7th April to 27th October 2024 Great Bardfield and Beyond: A Working Landscape Great Bardfield was described by Olive Cook as ‘paradisial’ in her book about the North West Essex Artists. But Edward Bawden and Eric Ravilious, who initially settled there in...
Charles Mahoney RA: The Pleasures of Life

Charles Mahoney RA: The Pleasures of Life

Exhibitions

6th July to 27th October 2024 in the Gibson Room Charles Mahoney RA: The Pleasures of Life Charles (Cyril) Mahoney (l903-68) has been largely forgotten and this exhibition offers a reassessment. Mahoney was a close friend of Bawden and Ravilious who first met while...
Work of the month: Hyde Park by Edward Bawden

Work of the month: Hyde Park by Edward Bawden

Work of the month

Poster for London Transport, Lithograph 1925 An early work by Edward Bawden for London Transport, printed by Curwen. It shows horse riders and people strolling in Hyde Park. Purchased with assistance from the Gibson Walden Fund. We are delighted to welcome Sam...