The leading critic of contemporary art in the English-speaking world in the earlier 20th century, Roger Fry defined what made art modern in Britain and America. He coined the term "Post-Impressionism" and created a sensation in London with two shows of the new art from France in 1910 and 1912. Fry was an extraordinarily versatile figure—a popularizer and a scholar, an art historian and scribe, and also an exhibiting painter and museum curator. With 142 illustrations, nearly all in colour, with major works by European modernists, by Seurat and Van Gogh, Cézanne and Picasso this exhibit catalog reveals the interplay of all the varied aspects of Fry's personality, perception, and influence.