Watercolour, signed lower right, Thomas William Fripp, ca 1910.
Frame 13.5” x 10.5”
Image 7.5” x 4.75”
Fripp was an English-born Canadian artist who is known mainly for his watercolours of the Pacific Coast and the Rockies. He has been cited for his rich use of colour and the delicate way he built up forms by using graduations of tone and light.
Fripp was born in London, England in 1864. He studied at St. John’s Wood Art School and then continued his art studies in Italy in 1886. From 1887 to 1890 he studied with his father at the Royal Academy of Arts. He came to B.C in 1893 settling at Hatzic as a farmer and photographer. After suffering an injury, Fripp moved to Vancouver to continue in a career as an artist.
Fripp married Gertrude Maude Muriel in 1897; the couple had two sons and a daughter. He died in Vancouver in 1931 at the age of 67. His wife Gertrude died in Vancouver in 1952.
His work is held in private and public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the National Gallery of Scotland, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Glenbow, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the British Columbia Archives.
Retrospectives of his work were held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1952 and at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1983.
Watercolour, signed lower right, Thomas William Fripp, ca 1910.
Frame 13.5” x 10.5”
Image 7.5” x 4.75”
Fripp was an English-born Canadian artist who is known mainly for his watercolours of the Pacific Coast and the Rockies. He has been cited for his rich use of colour and the delicate way he built up forms by using graduations of tone and light.
Fripp was born in London, England in 1864. He studied at St. John’s Wood Art School and then continued his art studies in Italy in 1886. From 1887 to 1890 he studied with his father at the Royal Academy of Arts. He came to B.C in 1893 settling at Hatzic as a farmer and photographer. After suffering an injury, Fripp moved to Vancouver to continue in a career as an artist.
Fripp married Gertrude Maude Muriel in 1897; the couple had two sons and a daughter. He died in Vancouver in 1931 at the age of 67. His wife Gertrude died in Vancouver in 1952.
His work is held in private and public collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, the National Gallery of Scotland, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Glenbow, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the British Columbia Archives.
Retrospectives of his work were held at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1952 and at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in 1983.
