Mark Gertler
(1891-1939), PainterSitter 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.
Group including Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Mark Gertler and two others
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Group including Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Walter Taylor; Mark Gertler; Jules Godby; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1925
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Philip and Julian Morrell with friends
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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Igor Vinogradoff; Gilbert Spencer; Walter James Redfern Turner; Mark Gertler
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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Igor Vinogradoff; Gilbert Spencer; Walter James Redfern Turner; Mark Gertler
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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possibly by Delphine Marguerite Turner (née Dubuis)
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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Julian Morrell and others at Blenheim Palace
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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Gladys Marie Spencer-Churchill (née Deacon), Duchess of Marlborough; Mark Gertler
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1926
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possibly by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1930
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Mark Gertler; Samuel Solomonovich ('Kot') Koteliansky; Philip Edward Morrell
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1931
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possibly by Philip Edward Morrell
vintage snapshot print, late 1931
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Helmut Ruhemann; Marjorie Gertler (née Hodgkinson, later Kostenz); Sir Philip Hendy; Mark Gertler
by Lady Ottoline Morrell
vintage snapshot print, 1933
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