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Don’t miss the next instalment of the Fry Annual Lecture Series this Friday at 7pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Saffron Walden. Tickets available via our website or on the door. See you soon! #arttalk #FryArtGallery #essexevents

Brick House, Great Bardfield by Edward Bawden (Watercolour PC350, 1955) is our work of the month, a suitably wintry scene purchased by us in 1995 with grant aid from the National Art Collections Fund #greatbardfieldartists #watercolourpainting #twentiethcenturyart

Drawing by Lamplight, a water colour by Edwin Smith (d. 1971) invites us to spend winter’s short days and long evenings creatively. An accomplished architect, photographer and writer, Smith saw himself above all as an artist #twentiethcenturyart #FryArtGallery #saffronwalden

Our Work of the Month features two wallpaper designs by Edward Bawden, both of which have a Spring-like freshness: ‘Quatrefoil PC1352’ and ‘Swan and Grass PC77.’ The artists of Great Bardfield often took commissions to design wallpapers and also decorated their own homes with

There is so much going on here as we prepare to open our new exhibitions, Finding A Home at the Fry and Bardfield Murals. This is such a special year for us all #fryartgallery - we’ll be previewing exhibition works and sharing news about further events #greatbardfieldartists

Just weeks to go now until our 6th April reopening! The gallery has had a domestic makeover for ‘Finding a Home at the Fry’ thoughtfully curated by Ella Ravilious. Image: John Aldridge, Lady with a cat, oil on canvas, 1950 Finding a Home at the Fry is sponsored by Sworders Fine

We’ve a fascinating exploration of the Bardfield artists as muralists in the Gibson Room from 6 April to 13 July. Eric Ravilious and Edward Bawden may be best known for their mural work at Morley College, but both took on other mural commissions, as did other Fry artists. Curated

Finding a home at the Fry, opening on 6 April, explores art as a way of life for N W Essex artists. Images: Duffy Ayers, ‘Olive in her Garden’, oil Lucie Aldridge, ‘Garden’, rag rug Tirzah Garwood and Charlotte Bawden, marbled paper Sheila Robinson, ‘Tom Cat’, cardboard cut,

Excited to share work in progress shots for our soon to be unveiled garden sculpture ‘Great Bardfield Artists’ by prize winning Essex based artist and sculptor Ian Wolter #FryArtGallery #40thanniversary #saffronwalden

A well-timed spell of spring sunshine, light breezes and blossom for Mother’s Day: Sheila Robinson, Floating Flower, wallpaper, 1959 Edward Bawden, Pigeon & Clocktower, wallpaper, 1927 See these designs and so much more in Finding a Home at the Fry, opening on 6 April

Finding the Lost Murals of the Bardfield Artists, a talk by author and educator Alan Powers takes place on Friday 25 April at 7.30pm in the Quaker Meeting House, Saffron Walden. Tickets are available via the link on our website site or on the door. Images: • Bardfield Murals

A perfect, celebratory weekend welcoming our first visitors in this our 40th anniversary year. Curators Ella Ravilious, Alan Powers and Neil Jennings joined us to introduce ‘Finding a Home at the Fry’ and ‘Bardfield Murals’ - both not to missed! And the sun shone on our unveiling

Happy Easter from us all FryArtGallery - a perfect time to visit our new exhibitions, Finding a Home at the Fry curated by @ellaravilious and Bardfield Murals curated by @alanpowers1955 and @neiljenningsfineart Images: Edward Bawden, detail from a pencil and wash study for As

Snap up a place at a summer workshop themed around our exhibition Finding a Home at the Fry, which participants will visit on the day. Bring along a shoe box filled with favourite personal belongings – treasures – to inspire your drawings and collages. Basic materials and papers

There’s a riot of colour to enjoy this bank holiday weekend @fryartgallery in our current exhibitions, Finding a Home at the Fry and Bardfield Murals. Each exciting curation includes rarely seen work by many of our favourite artists. Find us in Castle Street, Saffron Walden.

Any travel plans this weekend? Our work of the month is a print by Edward Bawden of a diesel railcar about to set off from Braintree and Bocking in 1960, towards the main line at Witham, from where holidaymakers could travel onwards to the resorts of Clacton, Frinton or Walton

Until 13 July @fryartgallery do not miss rarely seen concept drawings and other preparatory work by some of the best loved artists in our collection. Jointly curated by @alanpowers1955 and @neiljenningsfineart ‘Bardfield Murals’ sheds new light on diverse commissions. Alan’s