The Breakfast Table

Artist Roger Fry (London, England, 1886 - 1934)

Sitter Julian Fry

Sitter Pamela Fry

Datec.1918

Mediumoil on canvas

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsHeight: 71.2 cm, Width: 91.8 cm
Frame Size: Height: 87.5 cm, Width: 108.4 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1977 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG000001

Keywords

About MeThe setting for The Breakfast Table is Charleston, the home of the painter Vanessa Bell. For a time Fry and Bell were lovers but by 1918, the date of this painting, the relationship had ended although they remained close friends. Both were leading lights of what is now known as the Bloomsbury Group, a collection of artists, writers and critics that took their name from the Bloomsbury district in London. According to sources the picture was painted at Charleston during the Christmas of 1918. Fry's two children, Pamela and Julian, are having breakfast.
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“I want to write a novel about Silence,” he said; “the things people don’t say”. Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out.