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Fred Ingrams
Fred Ingrams' early exhibitions include The Groucho Club, Albemarle Gallery and Birch & Conran.
Fred left Camberwell College of Art's painting programme in the 1980s after not being taken seriously as an artist working in acrylic paint.
The artist's work has been collected by Francis Bacon, a fellow mainstay of Soho's art scene in the 1980s.

British landscape painter Fred Ingrams is renowned for his captivating depictions of the Fenlands – the flat coastal plains in the East of England. His work highlights the subtle beauty and vastness of the scenery, often emphasising the ever-changing interplay of light, weather, and the natural environment.

Through his Expressionistic acrylic landscapes, Ingrams captures the timelessness of the Fens, masterfully characterising the serene yet dramatic atmosphere. As such, Ingrams is one of the most compelling contemporary landscape artists in the UK today.

Early Life and Discovery of the Fens

Despite his early fascination with nature, Fred Ingrams’ biography sees him attending two of London’s top art colleges.

After studying at Camberwell College of Arts in the early 1980s, the artist was expelled from his MFA at St. Martin's School of Art. This apparent blow turned out to be a positive step. He took up residency in a room above Soho’s iconic Coach & Horses pub, where he spent the next 10 years honing his own style of painting. Here, he discovered and began exploring his East Anglian Fens art, becoming largely self-taught.

Artistic Style and Fenland Inspiration

Fred Ingrams paintings are distinguished by their rich, sweeping brushstrokes and abstracted colour palettes. Preferring to paint en plein air rather than in the studio, Ingrams juxtaposes fine details with stark, empty horizon lines to capture the unforgiving beauty of the Fenland terrain.

Early in his career, Ingrams moved away from the traditional use of oil paints, embracing acrylics to better replicate the interplay between the strict order and bursts of chaos contained within his chosen landscapes.

Fred Ingrams paintings such as Slow River Bend, Westerdale, Caithness 2024 (2024), showcases his expressionistic eye, capturing the mood of the foreboding landscape.

Exhibitions and Notable Works

A stalwart of modern UK art, Ingrams’ acrylic landscape paintings were exhibited in solo exhibitions at prestigious London venues, throughout the 80s and 90s. The artist has graced the walls of iconic venues including The Groucho Club, Albemarle Gallery and Bruton Street Gallery. Here, Fred Ingrams’ paintings have been acquired from a range of local collectors and tastemakers, including Francis Bacon.

Now living between the Fens and the Flow Country – another remarkably flat landscape which is becoming a new preoccupation of his – Fred Ingrams continues to leave a mark on modern British art. Since 2015, he has exhibited with Art Bermondsey gallery and One Paved Court. His work Ditch on Mildenhall Fen (2016), an evocative landscape of vivid colours and dynamic brushstrokes, was also shown at the House of Vans as part of the 2018 Rise Art Prize exhibition.

You can read more about Fred Ingram’s contemporary landscape art in our article profiling Fred Ingrams.

Fred Ingrams Artworks

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Winter evening, Caithness, Jan 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Winter evening, Caithness, Jan 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Winter evening, Caithness, Jan 2024
Paintings - 30x30 cmRent for $100 /mo
Dunbeath, Caithness, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Dunbeath, Caithness, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Dunbeath, Caithness, July 2024
Paintings - 61x61 cmRent for $220 /mo
Badanloch - Sutherland, Oct 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Badanloch - Sutherland, Oct 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Badanloch - Sutherland, Oct 2024
Paintings - 61x61 cmRent for $220 /mo
Sea Palling to Happisburgh, April 2024. by Fred Ingrams
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Sea Palling to Happisburgh, April 2024. by Fred Ingrams
Happisburgh Common, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Happisburgh Common, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Happisburgh Common, July 2024
Paintings - 36x36 cmRent for $105 /mo
Dark Ditch, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Dark Ditch, July 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Dark Ditch, July 2024
Paintings - 91x91 cm
Rimsdale Burn, 2022 by Fred Ingrams
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Rimsdale Burn, 2022 by Fred Ingrams
Rimsdale Burn, 2022
Paintings - 91x91 cm
Wag Burn by Fred Ingrams
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Wag Burn by Fred Ingrams
Wag Burn
Paintings - 61x61 cmRent for $195 /mo
Braemore Dawn by Fred Ingrams
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Braemore Dawn by Fred Ingrams
Braemore Dawn
Paintings - 30x30 cmRent for $85 /mo
Strath, Oct 2022 by Fred Ingrams
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Strath, Oct 2022 by Fred Ingrams
Strath, Oct 2022
Paintings - 91x91 cm
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Nightfall, Strathmore, Feb by Fred Ingrams
Nightfall, Strathmore, Feb
Paintings - 61x61 cm
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Looking back to Wissington by Fred Ingrams
Looking back to Wissington
Paintings - 91x91 cm
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Syre - Sutherland, Oct 2024 by Fred Ingrams
Syre - Sutherland, Oct 2024
Paintings - 61x61 cm
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Mundesley, Oct 2023 by Fred Ingrams
Mundesley, Oct 2023
Paintings - 51x51 cm
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Futile Rocks, Hemsby, Sept 2024 by Fred Ingrams
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Cliff, Nov 2023 by Fred Ingrams
Cliff, Nov 2023
Paintings - 91x91 cm

"I really believe you have to know and understand a landscape. The more I learn about the Fens the more I need to paint it."

"Vibrant and dynamic, Fred's work captures the strange, awkward and yet unignorable beauty of East Anglia. I adore these pieces! And so does Francis Bacon, who saw the beauty in Fred's work and bought one of his own."

Windy day on Hales Fen, 2019
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