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Lawrence Atkinson (1873–1931) was an English artist, musician and poet.
''Wheels'' at The Modernist Journals Project
* 1873 births 1931 deaths Writers from Manchester Musicians from Manchester 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters Vorticists English male poets 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub
Lawrence Atkinson (1873–1931) was an English artist, musician and poet.
Early life
Atkinson was born atChorlton upon Medlock Chorlton may refer to:
Places
* Chorlton, Cheshire East, in Cheshire, England
* Chorlton, Cheshire West and Chester, in Cheshire, England
*Chorlton-cum-Hardy
Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a suburban area of Manchester, England, southwest of the Manc ...
, near Manchester
Manchester () is a city and the metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England. It had an estimated population of in . Greater Manchester is the third-most populous metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, with a population of 2.92&nbs ...
, on 17 January 1873.''Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism''. Tate Gallery
Tate is an institution that houses, in a network of four art galleries, the United Kingdom's national collection of British art, and international modern and contemporary art. It is not a government institution, but its main sponsor is the UK ...
, London, 1956, p. 27. He began by moving to Paris and studying musical composition, but moved back to London and began to paint, apparently painting mainly landscapes in a style influenced by Matisse
Henri Émile Benoît Matisse (; 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French visual arts, visual artist, known for both his use of colour and his fluid and original draughtsmanship. He was a drawing, draughtsman, printmaking, printmaker, ...
and the Fauves (almost all of these works are lost).
Vorticism
His style changed radically when he was introduced to the work ofWyndham Lewis
Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited ''Blast (British magazine), Blast'', the literary magazine of the Vorticists.
His ...
and the vorticists. He also wrote poetry, in a Modernist
Modernism was an early 20th-century movement in literature, visual arts, and music that emphasized experimentation, abstraction, and Subjectivity and objectivity (philosophy), subjective experience. Philosophy, politics, architecture, and soc ...
style.
Death
Atkinson died in Paris on 21 September 1931.References
External links
''Wheels'' at The Modernist Journals Project
* 1873 births 1931 deaths Writers from Manchester Musicians from Manchester 19th-century English painters English male painters 20th-century English painters Vorticists English male poets 20th-century English male artists 19th-century English male artists {{England-painter-stub