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Mark Gertler

(1891-1939), Painter

Sitter in 100 portraits
Artist of 6 portraits
Born into a Polish-Jewish immigrant family in Spitalfields, in 1908 Gertler enrolled in the Slade School of Art under Henry Tonks and alongside Paul Nash, where he befriended Edward Marsh and Dora Carrington. Lady Ottoline Morrell became his patron, through whom he met members of the Bloomsbury Group. Gertler was a conscientious objector and used the de-humanising lessons of Vorticism to create, in Merry-Go-Round (1916, Tate Gallery), one of the most powerful images of the futility of war. His obsessive love for Carrington was not returned, and together with his anti-war beliefs, this fuelled his creativity. Suffering from ill health and depression, and disappointed by his career, he committed suicide in 1939.

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Mark Gertler, possibly by Dora Carrington - NPG 5431

Mark Gertler

possibly by Dora Carrington
pencil, circa 1909-1911
NPG 5431

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG x140586

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG x140586

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140586

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140586

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140527

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140527

Mark Gertler; Dorothy Brett, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140529

Mark Gertler; Dorothy Brett

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140529

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140563

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140563

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140588

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140588

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140589

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140589

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140590

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140590

Mark Gertler, by Lady Ottoline Morrell - NPG Ax140642

Mark Gertler

by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1917
NPG Ax140642

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