Library of the lost Jul 13, 2008
Although Walter Sickert called him 'the greatest portraitist of this or any other time', Wyndham Lewis's paintings have never received the recognition they deserve, argues Iain Sinclair ... The English art-noticing classes, a voluble minority, have never had much time for Percy Wyndham Lewis ... There is only one set of teeth on display, the artist's own (while he still had them): Mr Wyndham Lewis as Tyro (1920-21). (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Breaking the Rules Nov 20, 2007
T. S. Eliot reads "The Burial of the Dead" from "The Waste Land" and Wyndham Lewis reads "End of Enemy Interlude". Audio visual presentations tell visitors about artists such as the illustrator Franciszka Themerson, wife of Stefan Themerson, both leading lights of the avant garde movement. (Suite101.com)
Paul Nash and Yves Tanguy Jul 9, 2007
These drawings show the influence of Wyndham Lewis Vorticism movement. As a result of these drawings, Nash was recruited by the propaganda branch of the British government as an official war artist. (Suite101.com)
Nancy Cunard: A troubled heiress with an ideological mission Mar 31, 2007
Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound and Louis Aragon were among her lovers ... In this milieu, she met Ezra Pound, T. S. Eliot and Wyndham Lewis, who were then spearheading a "literary revolution" in England. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Picasso to Pop: Aspects of Modern Art Dec 28, 2006
Then come a variety of experimental works by George Grosz, Paul Klee, Georges Roualt, and Wyndham Lewis, who represent some of the advanced artistic movements of the 1920s. Concurrently, Paris was the stronghold of the Surrealists, among them Salvador Dal and Yves Tanguy. (AbsoluteArts.com)
Chronicles of war, from an antiwar artist Nov 1, 2006
The notion of accrediting artists dates to World War I. In Britain the official war artists scheme was created mostly for propaganda purposes in 1916, and included such well-known figures as John Singer Sargent, Wyndham Lewis, Stanley Spencer and Augustus John. Spencer served again in World War II, along with Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore and John Piper on the home front and such graphic artists as Edward Bawden and Edward Ardizzone overseas. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
A fresh view Sep 30, 2006
"KILL JOHN BULL WITH ART," went the vorticist manifesto, a few years later, of the artist and writer Wyndham Lewis. In the case of Fry's exhibition, art certainly triumphed over John Bull. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
