Born in 1927, Anthony Fry trained under William Gillies at Edinburgh College of Art, Chelsea School of Art with Victor Pasmore and Camberwell School of Arts. He became painting tutor at Chelsea School of Art and has held tutorial positions in the painting schools of Camberwell, Bath, Slade, Ruskin College and Cornell University, USA.
He was awarded the Rome Scholarship, is a winner of the John Moore’s Prize liverpool, a recipient of a Harkness Fellowship, and the Lorne Fellowship USA where he was inspired by the American Abstract Expressionist, Mark Rothko.
His work is held in several public collections including The Arts Council, UK; The Tate Gallery, London; The Saatchi Collection; The Government Art Collection; The Stuyvesant Collection; The National Gallery of Victoria, Australia and many others. He has had numerous solo exhibitions in the UK and futher afield and is represented by Browse & Darby, London and Peter Findlay Gallery, New York.