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David Bomberg    (British, 1890-1957)

 David Bomberg - Ronda Vallery (from the Casa de la Cabeza) (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 48.2 x w: 61 cm / h: 19 x w: 24 in
David Bomberg
Ronda Vallery (from the Casa de la Cabeza) 1954
 
 David Bomberg - The Bull Ring Ronda (Works on Paper (Drawings, Watercolors etc.)) h: 48.2 x w: 61 cm / h: 19 x w: 24 in
David Bomberg
The Bull Ring Ronda 1935
 
 

Biography
1890 Born in Birmingham
1911 - 1913 Studied at the Slade where he was awarded the Tonks prize
1915 Founder-member of the London Group; exhibited with the Vorticists
1918 - 1919 Commissioned by the Canadian War Records Office to paint "Sappers at Work"
1923 - 1927 Lived in Palestine where he developed his strongly expressive geometric style
1930 - 1939 Lived in Spain
1945 - 1953 During the Second World War he was an Official War Artist, and after the war taught at the Borough Polytechnic in London
1954 - 1957 Returned to Spain
1957 Died
1988 Major retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery
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