Shunned by the art establishment in his own lifetime, ROSALIND ORMISTON discovers how a retrospective is exploring this painter’s monumental talent.
On 27 August 1957, soon after the artist David Bomberg had died of cirrhosis caused by malnutrition, The Times published a short obituary on the English painter. It was called ‘A Vision of Independence’, unwittingly summing up Bomberg’s dispassionate attitude to the art establishment, which had shunned his work for 40 years. Today, he is recognised as one of the great artists of the 20th century and a major review of his work is on show at Pallant House Gallery in Chichester.
The exhibition coincides with the 60th anniversary of his untimely death, and brings together defining examples of Bomberg’s oeuvre, including a radical pre-First World War masterpiece Ju-Jitsu – both the original study, and finished work – and early post-war works, such as Barges and Ghetto Theatre, which centred on London and the Whitechapel community in which Bomberg grew up. Later pieces from 1923-35 include powerful landscapes of Palestine, with Jerusalem City and Mount of Ascension, part of a commission from the Zionist Organisation, orchestrated by Sir Muirhead Bone, to record the activities of Jewish settlers. Bomberg’s life in Spain is narrated too, with several examples, including the painterly, topographical Ronda Bridge, and dramatic nightscene The Virgin of Peace in Procession through the Streets of Ronda, Holy Week, both densely textured in rich colour.
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Still life IN 3 HOURS
Former BP Portrait Award runner-up FELICIA FORTE guides you through a simple, structured approach to painting alla prima that tackles dark, average and light colours in turn
Movement in composition
Through an analysis of three masterworks, landscape painter and noted author MITCHELL ALBALA shows how you can animate landscape composition with movement
Shane Berkery
The Irish-Japanese artist talks to REBECCA BRADBURY about the innovative concepts and original colour combinations he brings to his figurative oil paintings from his Dublin garden studio
The Working Artist
Something old, something new... Our columnist LAURA BOSWELL has expert advice for balancing fresh ideas with completing half-finished work
Washes AND GLAZES
Art Academy’s ROB PEPPER introduces an in-depth guide to incorporating various techniques into your next masterpiece. Artwork by STAN MILLER, CHRIS ROBINSON and MICHELE ILLING
Hands
LAURA SMITH continues her new four-part series, which encourages you to draw elements of old master paintings, and this month’s focus is on capturing hands
Vincent van Gogh
To celebrate The Courtauld’s forthcoming landmark display of the troubled Dutch master’s self-portraits, STEVE PILL looks at the stories behind 10 of the most dramatic works on display
BRING THE drama
Join international watercolour maestro ALVARO CASTAGNET in London’s West End to paint a dramatic street scene
Serena Rowe
The Scottish painter tells STEVE PILL why time is precious, why emotional responses to colour are useful, and how she finds focus every day with the help of her studio wall
Bill Jacklin
Chatting over Zoom as he recovers from appendicitis, the Royal Academician tells STEVE PILL about classic scrapes in New York and his recent experiments with illustration
