Douglas Fry

This article is about the Australian artist. For the American anthropologist, see Douglas P. Fry.

Robert Douglas Fry[1] (September 1872 – 9 July 1911) was an English Australian painter and illustrator, known for his paintings of animals, and especially horses.

Biography

Douglas Fry was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, son of Edward Fry, a corn and seed merchant, and his wife Annette née Ransome. His brother, Edward Ransome Fry, was also an artist, and his sister Constance Emily Fry married John Barlow Wood (1862–1949) a watercolour landscape artist.

Fry was a keen hunter, described by a contemporary as a "tall, lean, monosyllbic Englishman who had an intensely conservative mind and a pronounced Oxford accent, and looked as if he had been poured into his riding pants and boots (which he always wore)". He was a keen horseman and is said to have taught Norman Lindsay to ride.[2]

Notes and references

  1. ^ Known variously as "Robert Fry", "Robert Douglas Fry", "R. Douglas Fry", "Douglas Robert Fry".
  2. ^ Miller, Steven (2012). Dogs in Australian Art. Wakefield Press. p. 150. ISBN 9781743050170.


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