Showing my knowledge gaps again ! 😊.. Not heard of this movement, but enjoyed reading / learning about this Jules. Fascinating. Thanks for expanding my knowledge again Jules 😊 x
Wow!!!! I'd heard of Edward Wadsworth but not Vorticism. You always make me smarter, Jules. That wood cut of the shipyard is brilliant! Fascinating that Ezra Pound was part of the movement. And how strange and spooky that all the art was lost. Someone must have it, right? Sounds like the making for a great mystery novel. This was an excellent read. So well researched and written. Thank you for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed it H2. I guess there's always the chance that some of their work might turn up in a private collection. It would be great if that happened. I love wood and lino cuts so it's no surprised that I have always remembered the dazzle ships from that exhibition. Such striking images.
Thanks for reading. I hope you are well-rested after your trip 😊
This was fascinating, Jules. Thank you for sharing this, which was all new to me. That photo of the artist at the top of the post is stunning. Sad that he died so young. War is such a waste of everything.
Thanks Sophie. Yes, I find that photo of Gaudier-Brzeska so moving. He had his whole life ahead of him. I'm relying on my unreliable memory here but I believe his partner was a Polish woman, older I think, and though they were not married he took her name, Brzeska. So evolved! He was brilliant, and a huge loss. 😞
Ha! Maybe we were at the Whitworth on the same day 😃. It's a lovely place. We saw a good Lee Miller exhibition there once.
Rock Drill is scary and impressive at the same time. I do wonder how significant this movement would have been had the war not intervened. Personally I like it, but I suppose it may have been a fad. Hard to tell.
Showing my knowledge gaps again ! 😊.. Not heard of this movement, but enjoyed reading / learning about this Jules. Fascinating. Thanks for expanding my knowledge again Jules 😊 x
Filling in the gaps is what makes life interesting.😊 Thanks for reading Angie! x
Wow!!!! I'd heard of Edward Wadsworth but not Vorticism. You always make me smarter, Jules. That wood cut of the shipyard is brilliant! Fascinating that Ezra Pound was part of the movement. And how strange and spooky that all the art was lost. Someone must have it, right? Sounds like the making for a great mystery novel. This was an excellent read. So well researched and written. Thank you for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed it H2. I guess there's always the chance that some of their work might turn up in a private collection. It would be great if that happened. I love wood and lino cuts so it's no surprised that I have always remembered the dazzle ships from that exhibition. Such striking images.
Thanks for reading. I hope you are well-rested after your trip 😊
This was fascinating, Jules. Thank you for sharing this, which was all new to me. That photo of the artist at the top of the post is stunning. Sad that he died so young. War is such a waste of everything.
Thanks Sophie. Yes, I find that photo of Gaudier-Brzeska so moving. He had his whole life ahead of him. I'm relying on my unreliable memory here but I believe his partner was a Polish woman, older I think, and though they were not married he took her name, Brzeska. So evolved! He was brilliant, and a huge loss. 😞
What a collection. These are truly magnificent.
I love them too 😊
I studies Jacob Epstein’s Rock Drill for my Art A level. I always liked it and had that connection but never really understood why.
I love the Dazzle Ships too.
A fascinating piece Jules and great to revisit Vorticists.
I think I saw that exhibition at The Whitworth too.
Ha! Maybe we were at the Whitworth on the same day 😃. It's a lovely place. We saw a good Lee Miller exhibition there once.
Rock Drill is scary and impressive at the same time. I do wonder how significant this movement would have been had the war not intervened. Personally I like it, but I suppose it may have been a fad. Hard to tell.
Thanks for reading and sharing x
Maybe we were. X
A fascinating piece, Jules.
Thank you Mike 😊