Douglas Fry

Robert Douglas Fry[1] (September 1872 – 9 July 1911) was an English Australian painter and illustrator, known for his paintings of animals, and especially horses.

He lived in Melbourne for some time, did some paintings of horses, and then went on to Sydney where he became a member of the Society of Artists.

His reputation was steadily growing when he died from pneumonia on 9 July 1911 in Neutral Bay, New South Wales[3] at the early age of 39.

[4] Fry was a keen hunter, described by a contemporary as a "tall, lean, monosyllbic Englishman who had an intensely conservative mind and a pronounced Oxford accent, and looked as if he had been poured into his riding pants and boots (which he always wore)".

He was an excellent draughtsman and as a painter endeavoured to paint the thing exactly as he saw it, with a high degree of finish.