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Roger
Fry ... Artist English critic and painter. On leaving Cambridge, he trained as a painter, first under Francis Bate (1853–1950), then for two months at the Académie Julian in Paris. He regarded the activity of painting as central to his life and continued to paint and exhibit throughout his career. Although critical opinion has never been high, his art stands out consistently for its intellectual clarity of construction. However, Fry also soon established a reputation as a scholar of Italian art. He made his first visit to Italy in 1891 and in 1894 began lecturing on Italian art for the Cambridge Extension Movement. From 1910 he was regarded in England as the apostle of modern art. He was involved with various artists' groups and was the prime mover behind the Omega Workshops, which flourished between 1913 and 1919. In founding the Omega Workshops, Fry's aim was to introduce the fresh sense of design, colour and proportion inspired by Post-Impressionism into the applied arts. He therefore commissioned young artists to decorate furniture and other objects and to design fabrics, rugs, carpets and marquetry.
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