Art
Fry, Anthony. (13 of 32). National Life Story Collection: Artists' Lives
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Type
sound
Duration
00:29:20
Shelf mark
C466/77
Subjects
Art
Recording date
17/07/2006
Interviewees
Fry, Anthony (speaker, male)
Interviewers
Courtney, Cathy (speaker, female)
Abstract
Anthony Fry’s [AF] politics at period of Rome Scholarship. Further details WC’s visit during Rome Scholarship. Auden’s reasons for going to USA during War. Chester Kallman. Paintings by AF of Ischia and nearby. Further details Rome Scholarship. AF had paintings stolen in Venice, including Orvieto series. (John Dodgeson lost life’s work in studio fire.) Social life in Rome. Barbara Harris’s [BH] paintings in Rome. Friendship with Richard Waller, explorer. Importance of Italy to AF. AF’s house in Tuscany. Insurance from car crash paid for AF’s house.
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