Nudes
Anthony Fry (1927 - 2016)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1954 - 1956
Materials
Pastel on paper
Measurements
533 x 476 mm
Order this imageCollection
Mottisfont, Hampshire
NT 769734
Summary
Pastel on paper, Nudes by Anthony Fry (b.Theydon Bois 1927- Wiltshire 2016), 1954-1956.
Full description
Pastel on paper, Nudes by Anthony Fry (b.Theydon Bois 1927) Here, the nude figures and outdoor setting that Fry so often explored have begun to merge together. He has used the softness of pastel to blur the edges between flesh and foliage. Fry has travelled all over the world to capture warm, bright light and vivid colours for his work. ‘I always think that what I am doing at the moment is the best thing ever,’ says Fry. When a painting is flowing, it is a mind-to-brush activity. You are mixing paint and putting it on canvas in a complete flow of the unconscious. Those are the jewel moments one is struggling for.’
Provenance
Presented by Derek Hill (1916 - 2000) through The National Art Collections Fund (Art Fund) in 1996
Credit line
Mottisfont Abbey,The Derek Hill Collection (presented to the National Trust through the National Art-Collections Fund in 1996)
Makers and roles
Anthony Fry (1927 - 2016), artist