生于Aldfield,北约克郡,弗里斯被他父亲鼓励艺术,哈罗盖特的酒店。1835年他搬到了伦敦,他开始了他的正式的艺术研究在夏洛特街Sass的学院,之前参加皇家学院。弗里斯开始他的职业生涯作为一个肖像画家,1838年首次展出英国机构。在1840年代他经常工作基于作家的文学作品如查尔斯·狄更斯,他画肖像的,劳伦斯。

他是一个集团的成员,包括理查德Dadd。校长对他的工作影响国内广受欢迎的主题画的大卫·威尔基。威尔基的名画切尔西养老金领取者是一个刺激弗里斯的创建自己的最著名的作品。威尔基的先例,也模仿他的朋友狄更斯的作品,弗里斯创建复杂multi-figure作品描绘维多利亚类的全面系统,会议和在公共场所进行交互。在斯金沙,在海边生活(1854)他描绘在海滨度假胜地游客和艺人。德比后,他在一天,在人群中描绘的场景在埃唐斯的竞赛中,由罗伯特Howlett。基于摄影研究1858年组成了雅各布·贝尔£1500。它如此受欢迎,它必须受特别保护安装轨道时显示的皇家艺术学院。另一个著名的画是火车站,帕丁顿车站的场景。1865年,他被选为油漆威尔士亲王的婚姻。

 教皇让爱玛丽夫人沃特利孟塔古（1852）他1858年绘画十字路口清洁工被描述为打破“新地描述碰撞的财富和贫困在伦敦街头。”
他在后来的职业生涯中他画两个系列的五张照片,讲道德的威廉•贺加斯的故事。这些都是毁灭之路(1878),关于赌博的危害,争夺财富(1880)不计后果的金融投机。他于1890年从皇家学院退休,但直到1902年继续展出。
弗里斯是一个传统主义者,他知道他对艺术发展的自传——我的自传、回忆录》(1887)和进一步回忆录》(1888)——和其他著作。他也是根深蒂固的敌人的拉斐尔前派艺术家和美学运动,他在画讽刺私人观点在皇家学院(1883),描绘说教奥斯卡·王尔德的艺术而弗里斯的朋友不以为然地看。的传统弗雷德里克·雷顿是出现在这幅画,也描绘了画家约翰•埃弗雷特米莱和小说家安东尼·特罗洛普。
弗里斯是结过两次婚。他有十二个孩子与他的第一任妻子,伊莎贝尔,而一英里路上维护一个情妇(玛丽·阿尔,以前他的病房)和7个更多的孩子——所有正直的家庭场景形成鲜明对比的是画中描述像许多快乐的一天。弗里斯阿尔伊莎贝尔的死在1880年结婚。[7]在晚年他画了许多他的名画的副本,以及更多的性不羁的作品,如浴后的裸体。一个著名的健谈者,他的作品,尤其是他的自传,是非常受欢迎的。
弗里斯在1856年被拍到在“拍摄研究所”罗伯特•Howlett的一系列“挺好”艺术家的肖像。这张照片是在一群艺术珍品展览展出1857年在曼彻斯特。
弗里斯是伟大的叔叔和英语学校的顾问肖像画家亨利Keyworth雷恩(1872 - 1932)。
弗里斯被埋在煤气表厂在伦敦绿色公墓。

Born in Aldfield, North Yorkshire, Fries was encouraged by his father, the art of Harrogate. In 1835 he moved to London, where he began his formal art studies at Sherlock street Sass college, before attending the Royal academy. Fries began his career as a portrait painter in 1838 for the first time to show British institutions. In 1840s he often worked based on the author's literary works such as Charles Dickens, who painted portraits of Laurence.
He is a member of the group, including Richard Dadd. The president's influence on his work on the country's popular theme painting by David Wilkie. Wilkie's famous Chelsea pensioners is a stimulus to create their own Fries's most famous works. Wilkie's precedent, but also to imitate the work of his friend Dickens, the creation of complex multi-figure depicts a comprehensive system of Vitoria class, meeting and interaction in public places. In Sha sands, living at the seaside (1854) he portrayed tourists and entertainers at seaside resorts. After the derby, he depicted the scene in the crowd during the day in the Downes competition, by Robert Howlett. Based on the composition of Jacob Bell photography research in 1858 by 1500. It is so popular that it must be protected by special installation when the track is displayed at the Royal College of Art. Another famous painting is a train station, Paddington Station scene. In 1865, he was chosen to paint the marriage of Prince Welsh.
The Pope told Lady Wortley Montagu (1852) was devoted to Mary his 1858 painting was described as "crossroads cleaners break new to describe the impact of wealth and poverty in the streets of london."
In his later career, he drew two pictures of the five series, the story of Garth, the moral of the story of William. These are the road to destruction (1878), the harm of gambling, for wealth (1880) reckless financial speculation. He retired from the Royal Academy in 1890, but did not show up until 1902.
Fries is a traditionalist, he knows his autobiography of the Arts: my autobiography, Memoirs (1887) and further memoirs "(1888) and other works. He is also the enemy of the pre Raphaelite artists and ingrained aesthetic movement, he satirizes the private view at the Royal Academy in painting (1883), depicting Oscar Wilde's art and a friend of Fries not to regard it as right view. The tradition of Frederick Layton is seen in this painting, which also depicts the painter John, the writer of the novel, the writer of the novel, the writer of the novel, and the writer of the novel, the writer of the novel, the writer of the novel, and the author of the novel.
Fries was married two times. He has twelve children with his first wife, Isabel, and miles of road maintenance a mistress (al Mary, before his ward) and 7 more children - all honest family scene in stark contrast to the picture described as many a happy day. Vries Al Isabel's death was married in 1880. [7] in his later years he painted copies of many of his paintings, and works more uninhibited, such as bath naked. A famous writer whose works, especially his autobiography, is very popular.
In 1856, Fries was photographed in a series of "very good" artists at the shooting Institute, Howlett Robert. This photo is on display in a group of Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857.
Fries is the great uncle and English school counselor portrait painter Henry Keyworth Ryan (1872 - 1932).
Fries buried in gas meter factory in London Green cemetery.