Plaque

Roger Fry - W1

Erection date: 20/5/2010

Inscription

In this house, Roger Fry, 1866 - 1934, artist and art critic, ran the Omega Workshops, 1913 - 1919.
English Heritage

Historian Sir David Cannadine, and Frances Spalding, Fry's biographer, were present at the unveiling.

Site: Roger Fry - W1 (1 memorial)

W1, Fitzroy Square, 33, London Foot Hospital

The Foot Hospital moved out in 2003.

Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk

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Roger Fry - W1

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Roger Fry

Artist, art critic and member of the Bloomsbury Group. Born Roger Eliot Fry a...

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Omega Workshops

A design enterprise founded by Roger Fry and members of the Bloomsbury Group....

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Roger Fry - W1

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