Cuthbert Hamilton (1885–1959) was a British artist associated with the

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movement and later with Group X.Artnet
/ref> He was one of the pioneers of abstract art in Britain. Cuthbert Hamilton went to the

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and was a contemporary of

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. In 1912 he helped with decorations for the Cave of the Golden Calf with Wyndham Lewis, and the next year he became part of the

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. In 1913 Wyndham Lewis argued with

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about a commission at the

. Hamilton left the workshops with other artists William Roberts,

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, and

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. They all supported Wyndham Lewis and united with him in March 1914, when he started the

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. The artists were later on associated with the Vorticist art movement.Tate Gallery on Cuthbert Hamilton
/ref> Hamilton was one of the names signing the Vorticist manifesto and he also contributed material to the first issue of the Vorticist magazine ''

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'', (illus xviii ''Group''). He opened the Yeoman Pottery in Kensington in 1915/16. During World War I Hamilton was a Special Constable. After the war ended, he exhibited work with a new group Group X, which had been started by Lewis and

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also to be an avant-garde group. Hamilton married the daughter of a powerful insurance businessman, and in 1920 he closed the Yeoman Pottery, gave up all his artistic work and did not take part in any art exhibitions during the remainder of his life.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Cuthbert 1885 births 1959 deaths 20th-century English painters English male painters Vorticists Alumni of the Slade School of Fine Art Metropolitan Special Constabulary officers Group X 20th-century English male artists