Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957)
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FROM THE SEA TO THE MOUNTAINS 1934 Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957) P137 © Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis. By Permission
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ABSTRACT DESIGN 1912 Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957) P185 © Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis. By Permission
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COLUMN FIGURES 1921 Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957) P184 © Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis. By Permission
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NANCY CUNARD, VENICE 1922 Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957) P122 © Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis. By Permission
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RED NUDE 1919 Percy Wyndham Lewis (1884 – 1957) P123 © Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis. By Permission
Lewis was reputedly born aboard his father’s yacht off the coast of Nova Scotia, to an English mother and American father. He studied at the Slade School of Art and, at various stages in his early career was associated with the Camden Town Group, the Omega Workshop and the Rebel Art Centre. It was in his role as co-founder (with Ezra Pound) of the Vorticist movement however for which he is best known, praising mechanical form over natural, wishing to dissolve the narrative, affectionate and sentimental ties that bind people, and delivering his words in typically abrasive style (in the Vorticist house magazine, BLAST). He enlisted as a gunner and bombardier in the First World War, and after the third Battle of Ypres in 1917, was commissioned by both the Canadian and British governments as an official war artist. After the war, he resumed painting, but some of his more belligerent faith in progress, a.k.a. abstraction, had been knocked out of him during the war, as he witnessed the devastation on the western front. His incisive draughtsmanship however is fully in evidence in this drawing. He increasingly took to writing rather than to painting, some of his output seemingly a defence of the ideologies which were shortly to establish themselves in Nazi German.
Thresholds, British Council 2010
Glossary
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Abstraction
To abstract means to remove, and in the art sense it means that artist has removed or withheld references to an object, landscape or figure to produce a simplified or schematic work. This method of creating art has led to many critical theories; some theorists considered this the purest form of art: art for art’s sake. Unconcerned as it is with materiality, abstraction is often considered as representing the spiritual.
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Drawing
The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.
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Painting
Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.
- Portugal, Coimbra, Univesidade de Coimbra, Casa de Caldeiras
- Portugal, Porto, EDP Foundation
- Portugal, Cascais, Casa Das Historias
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/thresholds-2010">THRESHOLDS- Macedonia, Skopje, Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Malta, Valletta, St James Cavalier Centre For Creativity
- UK, London, Whitechapel Art Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/wyndham-lewis-portraits-2008">WYNDHAM LEWIS PORTRAITS- UK, London, National Portrait Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/blast-to-freeze-britische-kunst-im-20-jahrhundert-2002">BLAST TO FREEZE: BRITISCHE KUNST IM 20. JAHRHUNDERT- France, Toulouse, Les Abattoirs
- Germany, Wolfsburg Kunstmuseum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawing-distinctions-1997">DRAWING DISTINCTIONS- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Whitehorse, Yukon, Yukon Arts Centre
- Canada, Grande Prairie, Alberta, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery
- Canada, Timmins, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Acadia University Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
- USA, Tempe, Arizona, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/pastel-society-centenary-exhibition-2000">PASTEL SOCIETY CENTENARY EXHIBITION- UK, London, Mall Galleries
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/blast-1996">BLAST- Germany, Munich, Haus Der Kunst
- Germany, Hannover, Sprengel Museum
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/drawn-from-life-1995">DRAWN FROM LIFE- Belgium, Brussels, Western European Union
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-art-in-the-twentieth-century-the-modern-movement-1987">BRITISH ART IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY THE MODERN MOVEMENT- UK, London, Royal Academy Of Arts
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/abstraction-towards-a-new-art-1980">ABSTRACTION - TOWARDS A NEW ART- UK, London, Tate Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/wyndham-lewis-and-vorticism-1956">WYNDHAM LEWIS AND VORTICISM- UK, Leeds, Leeds City Art Gallery
- UK, Bristol, Bristol City Art Gallery
- Scotland, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum
- UK, Manchester, Manchester City Art Gallery
- UK, London, Tate Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/aguarelas-e-desenhos-inglses-do-seculo-vinte-1955">AGUARELAS E DESENHOS INGLSES DO SECULO VINTE- Portugal, Lisbon, Secretariado Nacional Da Informacao
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/british-drawings-and-watercolours-of-the-20th-century-from-the-collection-of-the-british-council-1951">BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS OF THE 20TH CENTURY FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BRITISH COUNCIL- Germany, Karl-Marx-Stadt, Stadtische Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Weimar, Kunstammlungen
- Germany, Leipzig, Altes Rathaus
- Germany, Cologne, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum
- Czechoslovakia, Prague, Kinsky Palace
- Czechoslovakia, Ceske Budejovice, Ceske Budejovice
- Czechoslovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
- Slovakia, Bratislava, Slovak National Gallery
- Romania, Bucharest, National Gallery
- Germany, Berlin, Neue Berliner Galerie
- Hungary, Budapest, National Gallery
- Bulgaria, Sofia, National Gallery
- Korea, Seoul, National Museum Of Contemporary Art
- Japan, Tokyo, Tokyo
- Japan, Sendai, Sendai
- Japan, Yokohama, Yokohama
- Japan, Nagano, Nagano
- Chile, Chile
- Argentina, Buenos Aires, British Council Office - Buenos Aires
- Algeria, Algiers, British Council Office - Algiers
- Tunisia, Tunis, Municipal Gallery
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong City Hall Art Gallery
- Lebanon, Sursock Museum
- Lebanon, Beirut, The Sursock Museum
- Gibraltar, Calpe Institute
- Malta, Valletta, Society of the Arts
- Malta, Valletta, Malta Society Of Arts
- Greece, Athens, Centre of Letters and Fine Arts, Ministry of Education
- Greece, Athens, Centre Of Letters And Fine Arts Of The Ministry Of Education
- Finland, Finland
- Austria, Vienna, British Council Office - Vienna
- Belgium, Belgium
- Canada, Canada
- Portugal, Coimbra, Museu Da Nacional Machado De Castro
- Portugal, Porto, Museu Nacional Soares Dos Reis
- Portugal, Lisbon, Lisbon
- France, Bourges, Maison De La Culture
- Israel, Haifa, Museum Of Modern Art
- Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv Museum
- New Zealand, Palmerston, The Science Centre And Manawatu Museum
- New Zealand, Wanganni
- New Zealand, Nelson, Suter Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, Wellington City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Napier, Napier
- New Zealand, Christchurch, Robert Mcdougall Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Dunedin, Dunedin Public Art Gallery
- Spain, Madrid, British Institute
- Spain, Barcelona, British Institute
- Germany, Konstanz, Europahaus
- Germany, Mannheim, Kunsthalle
- Germany, Dortmund, Museum Am Ostwall
- Germany, Mönchengladbach, Kunstverein
- Germany, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle
- Germany, Munich, Amerika Haus
- Germany, Wiesbaden, Landesmuseum
- Germany, Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-art-from-the-collections-of-the-arts-council-and-the-british-council-1949">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH ART FROM THE COLLECTIONS OF THE ARTS COUNCIL AND THE BRITISH COUNCIL- UK, London, New Burlington Galleries
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/wyndham-lewis-1949">Wyndham Lewis- UK, London, Redfern Gallery
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http://visualarts.britishcouncil.org/exhibition/contemporary-british-drawings-1948">CONTEMPORARY BRITISH DRAWINGS- Canada, Saskatoon,, Saskatchewan, Mendel Art Gallery
- Canada, Vancouver, British Columbia, Vancouver Art Gallery
- Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Art Gallery of Alberta
- Canada, Toronto, Ontario, Art Gallery Of Ontario
- Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, National Gallery Of Canada
- UK, London, Portland Place