David Bomberg

David Bomberg (December 5, 1890 – August 19, 1957) was a painter, born in Birmingham, England.

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December 5 - 1890 - August 19 - 1957 - Painter - Birmingham - England

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Bomberg trained as a lithographer in Birmingham and gained his artistic licence from the upbringing he received in the ever changing Industrial landscape.

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Lithographer - Industrial

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Bomberg later went on to study art in London, first at the Westminster School of Art (where he was taught by Walter Sickert), and later at the Slade School of Art.

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Art - Walter Sickert - Slade School of Art

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He travelled to France where he met Modigliani and Picasso.

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France - Modigliani - Picasso

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Bomberg's first well known works date from the 1910s. They are rather complex geometric compositions built over relatively traditional subjects, and typically use a limited number of striking colours. Humans are turned into simple, angular shapes, and a simple grid-work colouring scheme sometimes overlays the whole painting. Mud Bath (1914) and In The Hold (probably 1914) can be said to be typical of this period.

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1910s - 1914

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At this time, Bomberg was associated with Vorticism, though he never allowed himself to be a full member of the movement, despite Wyndham Lewis' efforts, not allowing his work to be reproduced in BLAST, the Vorticists' journal, for example.

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Vorticism - Wyndham Lewis - BLAST

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Later, Bomberg's works became more representational, and from the late 1920s his style became more expressionist. He painted a number of portraits and landscapes of the places he travelled to in the Middle East and Europe.

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1920 - Expressionist - Middle East - Europe

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Bomberg also worked as a teacher at the Borough Polytechnic in London from 1945 to 1953, where he taught Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, among others.

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Borough Polytechnic - 1945 - 1953 - Frank Auerbach - Leon Kossoff

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Bomberg died in London in 1957, his critical stock rising sharply thereafter. A major retrospective of his work was held at the Tate Gallery in 1988.

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London - 1957 - Tate Gallery - 1988

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