2. • Vorticism was a short-
lived modernist movement in British art and
poetry of the early 20th century announced
in the first issue of BLAST.
• Founded by Wyndham Lewis.
• It was a rejection of
landscape and nudes in favor of a geometric
style tending towards abstraction.
• Vorticism can be described as visual
energy. It’s a moment of change.
• Despite the fact that vorticism is short
lived, its impact was great enough to be felt
for many years.
“The vortex is the point of
maximum energy.”
- Ezra Pound
3. Wyndham Lewis
1882 -1957
• Wyndham was an English painter
and author.
• He was the co-founder of
vorticism.
• He edited the literary magazine of
the Vorticists, BLAST.
• He developed the style of geometric
abstraction.
Cover of BLAST, 1915
5. David Bomberg
1890 - 1957
• He was an English painter.
•Bomberg influenced cubism
and futurism.
•He used limited number of
striking colors, turning humans
into simple shapes.
•His work was based on
dynamic angular
representations of the human
form.
David Bomberg, The Mud bath, 1914, Tate
6. E McKnight Kauffer
1890 - 1954
• He was an American-born artist noted for his avant
garde graphic design and poster art, especially in
Britain.
•The posters span many styles: many show abstract
influences, including futurism, cubism,
and vorticism.
Edward McKnight Kauffer, Daily Herald
advertisement, 1919 (considered the first
cubist-inspired subway advertisement)
