Work of the Month: Spring Wedding by John Bolam
Spring Wedding Oil on Canvas by John Bolam The days are getting longer. Winter is coming to an end. The bare trees and long coats of the guests identify this as the season depicted by John Bolam in the painting newly donated to the Fry Art Gallery by his niece Frances...
Work of the Month: Wintry Outlook
A Snowy Day by Edward Bawden watercolour & gouache 1955 The weather warnings for snow and ice at the start of 2026 could equally apply to Great Bardfield in January 1955, at the start of what became known as ‘Britain’s big freeze’. Looking out...
Work of the Month: Christmas Card by Bernard Cheese
A merry Christmas to you all Print by Bernard Cheese c.1958 Bernard Cheese was born in Sydenham, London, in 1925. He studied at Beckenham School of Art and, following four years in the army, studied at the Royal College of Art from 1947, in London, where he studied...
Work of the Month: Still life with an oil lamp by Robert MacBryde
Still life with an Oil Lamp Oil on Canvas by Robert MacBryde c.1955 Only a few weeks to go until we close our exhibition celebrating 40 years of the Fry Gallery ‘Finding a Home at the Fry’, on Sunday 26th October. One of the themes explored in the...