Roger Fry, British 1866-1934- St Francis giving...

Roger Fry, British 1866-1934- St Francis giving his cloak to a destitute nobleman, after Giotto; oil on canvas, 48x46cm Note: The present picture is a copy after a fresco by Giotto in the Upper Basilica of San Francesco in Assisi. In 1917 Fry organised an exhibition at the Omega Workshops called ‘Copies and Translations of Old Masters’, to which he invited all the artists who were associated with the Omega to contribute. The intention was to encourage young artists not to make perfect copie