Helen Saunders (1885–1963) was a British artist. She studied at the Slade School of Art, and was associated with the vorticists. However, in her later career she turned away from the avant-garde and adopted a more realist style. 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1963 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. ... 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. ... Realism is commonly defined as a concern for fact or reality and rejection of the impractical and visionary. ...

External links

• Page about Vorticism that includes an example of Saunder's work ("vorticist composition") (http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/exh/ART22288.html)