Group X
E. McKnight Kauffer for the Group X exhibition 26 March – 24 April 1920 | |
| Years active | 1920 |
|---|---|
| Location | United Kingdom |
| Major figures | |
| Influences | Vorticism |
Group X was a short-lived British
First World War
, which held an exhibition in 1920 and planned others that never happened.
In 1920, some former members of the pre-War
London Group of which they had been part. Six – Jessica Dismorr, Frederick Etchells, Cuthbert Hamilton, Wyndham Lewis, William Roberts and Edward Wadsworth – were joined by the sculptor Frank Dobson, Charles Ginner, the American Edward McKnight Kauffer and John Turnbull to found Group X.[1][2]
The group exhibited at the
Mansard Gallery in Heal's in the Tottenham Court Road from 26 March to 24 April 1920.[3]
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References
- ^ Monica Bohm-Duchen. Group X. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed May 2017. (subscription required).
- ^ Glossary of art terms: Group X. London: Tate Gallery. Accessed May 2017.
- ^ Nigel Vaux Halliday (April 1987). The Identity of Wyndham Lewis's Painting at Group X. The Burlington Magazine 129 (1009): 245–247. (subscription required).
Further reading
- Charles Harrison (1981). English Art and Modernism 1900–1939. London: Allen Lane.