Mark Gertler, MerryGoRound, a reinterpretation by Chris Mullen
Mark Gertler, Merry-go-round (1916) Considered by many art critics as the most important British painting of the war, Merry-Go-round, shows a group of military and civilian figures caught on the vicious circle of the roundabout. One gallery refused to show the painting because Gertler was a conscientious objector.
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Sensation and Style Ethel Walker A Room of One's Own Modern Times Reality and Dreams International Modern In the years leading up to war, a new generation of British experimental artists emerges who challenge traditional artistic practices Tense international politics lead to the outbreak of the First World War in 1914.
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Career Merry-Go-Round, 1916 Mark Gertler with T. S. Eliot (left) and his patron Lady Ottoline Morrell
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Tate (b London, 9 Dec. 1891; d London, 23 June 1939). British painter. He was born to poor Polish-Jewish immigrant parents and spoke only Yiddish up to the age of 8. In 1908-12 he studied at the Slade School, where he won several prizes.
Mark Gertler, MerryGoRound, a reinterpretation by Chris Mullen
Gertler escaped conscription though ill-health, fuming against the idiocies of war and conveying its hectic horror in his iconic Merry-Go-Round of 1916. Carrington retreated to the country before.
Gertler, MerryGoRound (detail), 1916 Mark Gertler, Merry… Flickr
Details Title: Merry-Go-Round Creator: Mark Gertler Creator Lifespan: 1891 - 1939 Creator Gender: Male Date Created: 1916 Provenance: Purchased 1984 Physical Dimensions: w1422 x h1892 mm.
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Mark Gertler Merry-Go-Round 1916 Image released under Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND (3.0 Unported) License this image In Tate Britain Historic and Modern British Art: Modern Times: 1910-1920 Artist Mark Gertler 1891-1939 Medium Oil paint on canvas Dimensions Support: 1892 × 1422 mm frame: 2100 × 1620 × 75 mm Collection Tate Acquisition
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Merry-Go-Round is a large oil on canvas painting made by Mark Gertler in 1916, when he was 24 years old. It is perhaps his most famous work, and depicts men and women (many in uniform) on a merry-go-round ride.
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Mark Gertler (1891-1939) Tate Photo credit: Tate Tag this Gertler lived near Hampstead Heath from the winter of 1914-1915. The roundabout at the annual fair may have provided an inspiration for this picture. His painting from the spring of 1915 titled 'Swing Boats' (now lost, reproduced Woodeson, pl.28) is probably also of this fair.
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Biography Mark Gertler (born Marks Gertler; 9 December 1891 - 23 June 1939) was a British painter of figure subjects, portraits and still-life. His early life and his relationship with Dora Carrington were the inspiration for Gilbert Cannan's novel Mendel.
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In several paintings and drawings preceding Merry-Go-Round Gertler had hardened the figures into geometrical shapes, at times giving them the appearance of dolls (see, for instance, Family Group, 1913, Southampton City Art Gallery; Rabbi and Rabbitzin, 1914, private collection). The Tate's painting was begun by May 1916 when Gertler wrote to Lytton Strachey, 'I am working very hard on a large.
Story of an Artwork Mark Gertler's MerryGoRound 1916 Tate Etc Tate
Tate Gertler attended the Slade from 1908 to 1911, under the drawing master Henry Tonks. Gertler excelled, winning several painting prizes, a two-year Slade scholarship (1909), a British Institute Scholarship (1911), and a reputation for skilful draughtsmanship.
Mark Gertler, MerryGoRound, a reinterpretation by Chris Mullen
Merry-Go-Round is a large oil on canvas painting made by Mark Gertler in 1916, when he was 24 years old. It is perhaps his most famous work, and depicts men and women on a merry-go-round ride. The painting may have been inspired by a ride at the annual fair on Hampstead Heath. The painting is now held in Tate Britain.
Gertler, MerryGoRound (detail), 1916 Mark Gertler, Merry… Flickr
Mark Gertler (1891-1939) The Straw Hat; study for Merry-Go-Round signed and dated 'Mark Gertler/1916' (upper right) charcoal and watercolour 20 x 13 in. (52 x 34 cm.) Literature J. Woodeson, Mark Gertler Biography of a Painter 1891-1939, London, 1972, p.367. Exhibited London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Mark Gertler Memorial Exhibition, 1949, no.D12.
Merry Go Round By Mark Gertler Art Reproduction from Cutler Miles.
Merry-Go-Round. oil on canvas • 189.2 x 142.2 cm. Mark Gertler 1916. Gertler was a conscientious objector. He lived near London's Hampstead Heath from the winter of 1914-1915, and may have been inspired by an annual fair held there for wounded soldiers. A letter from the writer D.H. Lawrence to Zoe Akins of 15 September 1915 describes it.
Mark Gertler, MerryGoRound, a reinterpretation by Chris Mullen
Mark Gertler Merry-Go-Round (1916) Tate A chance visit to the annual Easter Fair on Hampstead Heath in April 1915 inspired Mark Gertler with 'wonderful ideas' for paintings. 'Multitudes of people. Bright feathers, swinging in and out of the clouds in coloured boats', and 'a Blaze of whirling colour' he observed.
