INTRODUCTION TO WOOD ENGRAVING

INTRODUCTION TO WOOD ENGRAVING

Saturday 27th July 2024 9.45am to 4.30pm Cost £100, including all materials To book click  HERE Full details will be emailed to participants after booking. Limited to 8 participants Tuscan Trees by Kate Dicker A one-day practical workshop with printmaker Kate Dicker...
Richard Bawden 1936 – 2024

Richard Bawden 1936 – 2024

Everyone at the Fry is saddened by the news that Richard Bawden, artist, illustrator, designer died peacefully at home on May 31st 2024. Richard was a generous supporter of the Fry Art Gallery, and he is well represented in the North West Essex Collection. We are...
New season opens

New season opens

Ransomes RHA Plough This horse drawn plough, manufactured by Ransomes of  Ipswich, the biggest agricultural equipment manufacturer in Britain, is on show in the exhibition in the main gallery ‘Bardfield and Beyond: A Working Landscape’. Ploughs and other...
Colourful bird spotted in the gallery

Colourful bird spotted in the gallery

Sheila Robinson, Parrot 1965, cardboard cut. The pictures are going up on the walls for this season’s exhibitions at the Fry. Keeping an eye on the gallery is this colourful parrot, one of the highlights of this year’s opening exhibition in the Gibson room. The...
New acquisition: Woman & Cat by Robert Colquhoun

New acquisition: Woman & Cat by Robert Colquhoun

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...