born Dec. 14, 1866, London, Eng.
died Sept. 9, 1934, London
British art critic and artist.
He gave up a career in science to study art in Italy. As a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (190610), he discovered the work of the Post-Impressionists, and in 1910 he introduced Post-Impressionism to Britain by organizing the first of two highly significant exhibitions. With Clive Bell , Fry preached the importance of "significant form" over content in the artwork. Associated with the Bloomsbury group , he and several group members cofounded the Omega Workshops for arts and crafts in 1913. He was known as a brilliant lecturer and the author of numerous books.