David Bomberg 1890-1957
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Notre Dame de Paris, 1953
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The River Thames with Tower Bridge, 1937
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Picos de Europa, Asturias, 1935
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Picos de Europa, Asturias, 1935
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Sunset, Ronda, Andalucia, 1935
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The Bridge and Gorge, Ronda, 1935
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The Bridge and Tajo, Ronda, Spain, 1935
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The Bridge, Ronda, 1935
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Portrait of Kitty, 1929
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Mount of Ascension, Palestine, 1923
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The Barge, 1920
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Family Group, 1919
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Russian Ballet, 1919
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Self Portrait, 1919
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Stairway drawing no. 3, 1919
David Bomberg was one of the most audacious painters of his generation at the Slade. His treatment of the human figure, in terms of angular, clear-cut forms combined with enormous energy, shows his determination to bring about a drastic renewal in British painting.
The direction taken by his art brought him into contact with Wyndham Lewis and the Vorticists, but Bomberg resisted Lewis's attempts to enlist him as a member of the movement.In 1915 Bomberg enlisted in the Royal Engineers, and his traumatic experiences at the Front brought about a profound transformation in his outlook. Bomberg moved to a more figurative style in the 1920s. His disillusion with the destructive power of the machine at war led to a few years spent experimenting with ways of making his stark pre-war style more rounded and organic.Throughout the 1930s Bomberg's art became broader and more expressive as he sought to convey the essence of his response to landscapes in Scotland and Spain. This work met with little approval in Britain. His last years were darkened by the realization that his art remained overlooked in Britain. His final landscapes and figure paintings include some of his most powerful works.
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Beyond the Human Clay
5 May - 18 Jun 2011In 1976 the great figurative painter and polemicist R.B. Kitaj organized a group exhibition for the Arts Council of Great Britain entitled The Human Clay. To mark the 35th anniversary of Kitaj's seminal exhibition and to celebrate a decade of exhibitions focused on Twentieth Century British figurative art at James...Read more -
A Tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson
21 Nov - 1 Dec 2007James Hyman is proud to present a personal tribute to Sir Colin St John Wilson, one of Britain's greatest architects and art collectors of the last half-century. The exhibition follows the death of Colin St John Wilson in May this year and coincides with the 10th anniversary of the opening...Read more -
From Life. Radical figurative art from Sickert to Bevan
Michael Andrews, Frank Auerbach, Tony Bevan, David Bomberg, William Coldstream, Leon Kossoff, Walter Sickert, Euan Uglow 10 Sep - 18 Oct 2003A spine runs through some of the most radical figurative art in Britain of the twentieth century. Its backbone is drawing and its fibre art school teaching, yet it is the distinct personalities of each artist that provide the meat. From Walter Sickert to Tony Bevan, what impresses one most...Read more -
A Century of Drawing
Important modern British works on paper from the Camden Town School to Bridget Riley 2 Jul - 29 Aug 2003Read more -
Twentieth Century British Paintings and Drawings
1 Aug - 27 Sep 2002Read more
