Full Description
The Vorticists, a rebellious cohort of young artists in early twentieth-century England, defied the conventions of the art world with their distinctive abstract creations. Despite the brevity of their existence, from 1911 to 1914, their startling innovations left an indelible mark on English art history. In this book James King explores the personalities and lives of these colourful individuals, capturing the tumultuous environment in which they thrived. The narrative presents biographies of the group's members - 'our little gang', as Ezra Pound called them - highlighting personal conflicts and providing a concise, highly readable history of the movement. This book is ideal for art enthusiasts, historians and anyone intrigued by avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century.
Contents
Introduction
PART ONE: THE TYROS
1 The Would-Be Cubist: William Roberts
2 The Dissident: David Bomberg
3 The Coster: William Wadsworth
4 The Unseen: Helen Saunders
5 The Overlooked: Jessica Dismorr
6 The Provocateur: Wyndham Lewis
7 The Idealist: Henri Gaudier
PART TWO: IN THE VORTEX
8 The Italian Connection
9 An Ideal Home?
10 The Others
11 A New Room
12 Rooms of One's Own
13 The Turncoat
14 'Great Silent Place'
15 The First Explosion
16 The Theorist
17 July 1914
18 The War
19 The Second Explosion
20 Other Spaces
21 The Exhibition
22 The Penguin Club
PART THREE: AFTERSHOCKS
23 'Less Cubism': William Roberts
24 'Methodic Discord': David Bomberg
25 'Cold-Blooded Persistence': Edward Wadsworth
26 The Uninvited: Helen Saunders
27 The Unwanted: Jessica Dismorr
28 In Transition: Wyndham Lewis
Epilogue: The Last Supper
References
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Photo Acknowledgements
Index
