Norman Wilkinson (artist)
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Norman Wilkinson was an English artist who specialised in marine art. He created several propaganda posters for the British government during the world wars and invented dazzle camouflage to protect A
Wilkinson in front of his painting with a model demonstrating one of his dazzle camouflage designs
A painting by Wilkinson of a convoy with his invention of dazzle painting, 1918
A Few Careless Words May End In This, a propaganda poster created by Wilkinson during World War II
Lusitania (1907)
Vorticism
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Vorticism was a London-based modernist art movement formed in 1914 by the writer and artist Wyndham Lewis. The movement was partially inspired by Cubism and was introduced to the public by means of th
Norman Wilkinson (artist)
…tested the models (using experienced sea observers), and prepared construction diagrams. These were used by other artists at the docks (one of whom was Vorticist artist Edward Wadsworth) in painting the actual ships. Wilkinson was assigned to Washington, D.C. for a month in early 1918, where he served as a…
Edward Wadsworth, Vorticist Study, 1914, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Rock Drill in Jacob Epstein's studio c.1913
The Dancers Wyndham Lewis, 1912
Kate Lechmere, Cuthbert Hamilton (seated), Edward Wadsworth and Wyndham Lewis at the Rebel Art Centre, March 1914