William Henry Fry (5 February 1830 – 26 December 1929) was an English-American wood carver and gilder of the

Aesthetic Movement Aestheticism (also the Aesthetic movement) was an art movement in the late 19th century which privileged the aesthetic value of literature, music and the arts over their socio-political functions. According to Aestheticism, art should be prod ...

. Born in

Bath, Somerset Bath () is a city in the Bath and North East Somerset unitary area in the county of Somerset, England, known for and named after its Roman-built baths. At the 2021 Census, the population was 101,557. Bath is in the valley of the River Avon, ...

, Fry moved to Cincinnati, Ohio in 1849''1910 United States Federal Census'' to work in a shop run by his father, Henry L. Fry. In the 1870s the family began giving private instruction to Cincinnatians on

woodcarving Wood carving is a form of woodworking by means of a cutting tool (knife) in one hand or a chisel by two hands or with one hand on a chisel and one hand on a mallet, resulting in a wooden figure or figurine, or in the sculptural ornamentati ...

techniques. Many of his wood pieces can be viewed at the Cincinnati Art Museum.

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* 1830 births 1929 deaths Artists from Bath, Somerset Artists from Cincinnati American woodcarvers English emigrants to the United States {{US-artist-stub