Bomberg

•Major new title on acclaimed but neglected early British modernist artist, by two experts in the field
•Features both celebrated and lesser-known but important works from public and private lenders
•Published to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the artist's death and the first museum retrospective in a decade

This new monograph on the important and influential 20th-century British artist David Bomberg (1890-1957) accompanies a major new exhibition curated by the authors, due to open at Pallant House, Chichester (Oct 2017, touring to Laing Gallery, Newcastle and Ben Uri Gallery, London.) The monograph is a comprehensive yet succinct account, providing an informed and accessible overview of Bomberg's career and achievements, combining a biographical narrative with an analytical and interpretative approach. It discusses and illustrates Bomberg's five key periods and motifs including early, experimental modernism pre the First World War; War artist's commissions and immediate postwar works; major Jerusalem landscapes; portraiture, and particularly self-portraiture; and the flowering of his mature landscapes. The book is also notable for its inclusion of new material relating to Bomberg's Jewish background, and its sumptuous illustratrations.

Contents: Chapter 1 (1890-1914) A Disturbing Influence; Chapter 2 (1915-20) The War and its Aftermath; Chapter 3 (1921-39) Jerusalem, Spain and England ; Chapter 4 (1939-45) War and Peace; Chapter 5 (1946-57) The Final Year