British artist born 1889, died 1949. Wadsworth was born in Yorkshire but moved to London and studied at the Slade School of Art. It was here that he became associated with the vorticists. He served in the Navy in World War 1, and nautical themes were to turn up in his art for the rest of his career. He moved away from the avant-garde in the 1920s, and adopted a more realistic style. However towards the end of his life his work become increasingly strange and surreal, although Wadsworth never had any formal links with the movement. 1889 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... Yorkshire as a traditional county. ... Part of the University College London, the Slade School of Art was founded in 1868 as the result of an endowment by Felix Slade. ... Ezra Pound, who gave Vorticism its name and contributed to Blast. ... Ypres, 1917, in the vicinity of the Battle of Passchendaele. ... A work similar to Marcel Duchamps Fountain Avant garde (written avant-garde) is a French phrase, one of many French phrases used by English speakers. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties. Events and trends Technology John T. Thompson invents Thompson submachine gun, also known as Tommy Gun. ... A cow on a pole. ...
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Works by Wadsworth at the Tate Gallery (http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroupid=999999961&artistid=2113&page=1)
Edward Alexander Wadsworth, Dazzled-Ships in Drydock at Liverpool, 1919, oil on canvas, 304.8 x 243.8 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.
One of the founders of the Vorticist movement, Wadsworth (1889-1949) was involved in the first edition of the magazine Blast.
Using the pattern used by Campbell Taylor to produce just one precise illustration, Wadsworth succeeds in a more effective pictorial demonstration, applying camouflage to the canvas itself and playing on figurative legibility.
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