Annual Picture Sale: New Artist

Annual Picture Sale: New Artist

Matt Underwood Midsummer Roses Woodblock print Matt studied art and art history at Salisbury College of Art and then went to Carmarthenshire College of Art to study wildlife illustration, completing his HND in illustration with a distinction. He began his career as a...
Annual Picture Sale: Cats and Dogs

Annual Picture Sale: Cats and Dogs

No surprise that cats and dogs feature in our Annual Picture Sale, next weekend at the Fry Art Gallery. You will find numerous examples including these (clockwise from top left): The Neighbours’ Cat, collage by Chloë Cheese, Sunday, oil on linen by Rosie...
Annual Picture Sale: New Artist

Annual Picture Sale: New Artist

Brita Granström is one of a number of artists whose work we are pleased to feature for the first time in this year’s Picture Sale. Brita was born near Eskilstuna in Sweden and studied at Konstfack in Stockholm. Although her Nordic roots remain self-evident in...
Annual Picture Sale 2025

Annual Picture Sale 2025

Mark Hearld and his Cat & Mouse poster in the Fry Gallery The Fry Gallery’s Annual Picture Sale is coming up on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th November. We are thrilled that Mark Hearld has designed this superb Cat & Mouse poster, inspired by the many...
New Acquisition: Edward Bawden Lino Blocks

New Acquisition: Edward Bawden Lino Blocks

We are thrilled to have acquired, through a very generous donation, a collection of around 200 of Edward Bawden’s original lino blocks. These form a selection from a larger group of blocks which have been shared with  the Higgins, Bedford, home of a substantial...
New Acquisition: Sacred Place by Michael Ayrton

New Acquisition: Sacred Place by Michael Ayrton

Michael Ayrton was born in London, the son of the poet and critic, Gerald Gould and MP, Barbara Ayrton Gould. He studied art in London before visiting Paris in 1938 with the artist John Minton, where they studied with the French neo-romanticist Eugene Berman...