Work of the Month: Morris Dancing by Walter Hoyle
Morris Dancing at Thaxted, Dunmow, Essex by Walter Hoyle 1964 This poster commissioned by the Post Office Savings Bank shows the Thaxted Morris Men rounding the top of Watling Street in Thaxted decked out in their famous red and white waistcoats. Thaxted Morris Men...
Fry Gallery podcast
Red Heaven podcasts recently featured the Fry Art Gallery. Red Heaven is a growing oral history archive of interviews about the utopian socialists and reformers who fought for justice in industrial Britain. In this episode, Dr Simon Machin is in conversation with...
Work of the Month: Surrealist Collage by Olive Cook
The work of Olive Cook (1912 – 2002) features prominently in our exhibition Fry’s Popular Delights, opening this month at the Gallery. Olive grew up in Cambridge, and was educated at the Perse school and Newnham College. After graduating she worked at...