Douglas Fry

R. Douglas Fry (1872 – 9 July 1911) was an Australian artist.

Fry was born at Ipswich, Suffolk, England, and was educated at Ipswich Grammar School. Later he studied art at Julien's, Paris, and in London. He did some illustrative work in London and in 1899 came to Australia. He lived in Melbourne for some time, did some paintings of horses, and then went on to Sydney where he became a member of the Society of Artists. In 1908 his "Mountain King" was purchased for the national gallery of New South Wales. He did illustrative work for the Lone Hand and was a frequent exhibitor with the Society of Artists. His reputation was steadily growing when he died from pneumonia on 9 July 1911 at the early age of 39. Regarded as a quiet man, Fry did some of the best animal painting ever done in Australia to that time. He interested in the differing characteristics of horses and made many studies of them before finishing each work. He was an excellent draughtsman and as a painter endeavoured to paint the thing exactly as he saw it, with a high degree of finish.

References

• Serle, Percival (1949). "Fry, Douglas". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. http://gutenberg.net.au/dictbiog/0-dict-biogF.html#fry1. Retrieved 2008-10-26. 

External links

• R. Douglas Fry (1872-1911) at artnet, examples of his work and auction prices

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Name	Fry, Douglas
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Date of birth	1872
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Date of death	9 July 1911
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