This collection comprises the papers of Helen Anrep and Roger Fry, as well as papers of, and relating to Boris Anrep, Anastasia Anrep and Igor Anrep.
The archives of Helen Anrep and Roger Fry, including the papers and drawings of the mosaicist, Boris Anrep
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- ReferenceGB 70 TGA 200611
- Dates of Creation1883-2001
- Language of MaterialEnglish French Russian
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Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The critic and artist, Roger Fry (1866-1934) met Helen Anrep (nee Maitland) at a party at Vanessa Bell's studio in 1924. Helen Anrep (1885-1965) was born in California to Scottish parents, who tried their hand at wine making. On the disappearance of her father, she lived a Bohemian existence with her mother, travelling around Europe and dallying with a career in music. After an affair with Henry Lamb, she married the Russian mosaic artist, Boris Anrep (1883-1969) in 1918. Helen and Boris had two children together, Anastasia, who was born in 1912, and Igor, who was born in 1914. Anrep's views on marriage were unconventional, and he insisted on his distant relative and mistress, Maria Volkova, also know as Maurussia [Marussia], sharing their home in London. Helen's meeting Roger Fry was the catalyst of the Anrep's separation, and she and Fry eventually set up house at 48 Bernard Street, where they lived together until Fry's death in 1934. As a couple, they were intimately connected to the Bloomsbury Group, being particularly close to Vanessa Bell, Gerald Brenan and Dora Carrington.
Arrangement
This collection has been arranged as follows:
TGA 200611/1: Papers of Helen Anrep and Roger Fry
TGA 200611/2: Papers of and relating to Boris Anrep
TGA 200611/3: Papers of and relating to Anastasia Anrep
TGA 200611/4: Papers of and relating to Igor Anrep
TGA 200611/5: Additional papers of Helen Anrep and Roger Fry
Access Information
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Custodial History
These papers were formerly held by Igor Anrep, son of Boris and Helen Anrep. Six boxes of correspondence were originally loaned to Tate Archive by Igor Anrep in 2000 (TGA 200611/5). These letters, toegther with further material making up the main part of the collection (TGA 200611/1-4) were given n lieu of inheritance tax by the executors of Igor Anrep in 2006.