Henryk Gotlib (1890-1966), Painter
Sitter in 1 portrait
Artist of 66 portraits
Born in Cracow he studied at the Cracow Academy of Fine Art and then in Vienna, Munich and Paris before the First World War. His first solo show was in Warsaw (1918). He became the leader of the Polish avant-garde 'Formist' movement, exhibiting in Berlin, Amsterdam and Paris, and was an influential writer and teacher in Poland. In 1939 he was forced into exile and settled in Britain, exhibiting with the London Group. His work, principally in figure painting, represents an important element in the development of British painting and sculpture: the assimilation of European trends and the invigoration of British art following the diaspora in Central Europe under Communism and Nazism.
by Henryk Gotlib
painted plaster, circa 1942
NPG 6642
Herbert Stanley Morrison, Baron Morrison of Lambeth
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13609
(Benjamin) Ifor Evans, Baron Evans of Hungershall
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13569
(William) Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey; Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13575
(William) Malcolm Hailey, 1st Baron Hailey; Ivan Mikhailovich Maisky
by Henryk Gotlib
pencil, circa 1939-1945
NPG D13578
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