Arts Visuel Presentation

Roger Fry ⎯

⎯ Presented by Nour Chaouch

(1866–1934)

ROGER FRY - Artist’s Garden at Durbins, Guildford

1915, Collection privée.

Brief introduction of the artist

⎯ Roger Fry (1866–1934)

- British art critic, painter, and curator. - Introduced Post-Impressionism to Britain (Manet and the Post-Impressionists, 1910). - Founded Omega Workshops (1913) – modernist art and design collective. - Member of the Bloomsbury Group; developed the theory of "significant form." - Key works: Vision and Design (1920). - Legacy: Pioneered modern art appreciation in Britain.

Self-portrait (1928)

Associated artistic movements

Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire, 1902–04, oil on canvas, 73 x 91.9 cm

- Introduced Post-Impressionism to Britain (1910). - Advocated Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin - Promoted Modernism: "significant form" - Founded Omega Workshops (modern design). - Pushed British art toward avant-garde.

Paul Gauguin, Breton Peasants, 1894, 66 x 92 cm, Oil on canva

Van Gogh - Starry Night -1889

⎯ Historical Context ⎯

⇢Decline of Victorian values in art (realism, moral themes). ⇢ Impact of the Industrial Revolution: urbanization, new middle-class tastes. ⇢ Dominance of academic art challenged by Aestheticism and Arts and Crafts. ⇢ British resistance to French avant-garde (Impressionism, Post-Impressionism). ⇢ Era of cultural shifts: women’s suffrage, labor reforms, modern anxieties.

River Smith Poplars, c. 1912, Roger Fry,

Italian Hill Town, 1907–1910

Still Life: Fruit with Jug, 1922

Portrait of E.M. Forster, 1911

Furniture created for the Omega Workshops, 1913-1919

Artist’s Garden at Durbins, Guildford, 1915, Roger Fry, Collection privée.

oil on canvas, H 46.7 x W 75.9 cm

Thank you!

Furniture created by Roger Fry for the Omega Workshops, on display in 2009.