Mark Gertler

1891–1939

Mark Gertler, ‘Merry-Go-Round’ 1916
Merry-Go-Round 1916
License this image
In Tate Britain

Spotlights: Mark Gertler

Free entry

Biography

Mark Gertler (9 December 1891 – 23 June 1939), born Marks Gertler, was a British painter of figure subjects, portraits and still-life.

His early life and his relationship with Dora Carrington were the inspiration for Gilbert Cannan's novel Mendel. The characters of Loerke in D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love and Gombauld in Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow were based on him.

This biography is from Wikipedia under an Attribution-ShareAlike Creative Commons License. Spotted a problem? Let us know.

Read full Wikipedia entry
Bloomsbury Society of Wood Engravers

Artworks

Mark Gertler, ‘Merry-Go-Round’ 1916

Mark Gertler Merry-Go-Round

1916
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights T03846
Mark Gertler, ‘Portrait of a Girl’ 1912

Mark Gertler Portrait of a Girl

1912
N03807
Mark Gertler, ‘Jewish Family’ 1913

Mark Gertler Jewish Family

1913
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights N06231
Mark Gertler, ‘Queen of Sheba’ 1922

Mark Gertler Queen of Sheba

1922
T00605
Mark Gertler, ‘The Tea Pot’ 1918

Mark Gertler The Tea Pot

1918
N05835
Mark Gertler, ‘The Servant Girl’ 1923

Mark Gertler The Servant Girl

1923
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights N05311
Mark Gertler, ‘The Basket of Fruit’ 1925

Mark Gertler The Basket of Fruit

1925
T01043
Mark Gertler, ‘The Artist’s Mother’ 1911

Mark Gertler The Artist’s Mother

1911
On display at Tate Britain part of Spotlights N05557
See all 26

Features

Mark Gertler, ‘Merry-Go-Round’ 1916
Tate Etc

Story of an Artwork: Mark Gertler's Merry-Go-Round 1916

Sarah MacDougall

Merry-Go-Round is one of the most recognisable works in Tate's collection, but how did the painting come about?

David Bomberg, ‘In the Hold’ c.1913–14
Art Term

London Group

The London group was an exhibiting group founded in 1913 to organise modern art exhibitions in Britain

Sketches, letters, etc.

Mark Gertler, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo, ‘Letter from Mark Gertler to Eileen Mayo’ 19 June 1931

Mark Gertler, recipient: Dame Eileen Mayo Letter from Mark Gertler to Eileen Mayo

19 June 1931
TGA 916/8

You might like

Leslie Hurry, ‘Grace Sholto Douglas’ 1940

Leslie Hurry

1909–1978
William Roberts, ‘The Vorticists at the Restaurant de la Tour Eiffel: Spring, 1915’ 1961–2

William Roberts

1895–1980
Duncan Grant, ‘Bathing’ 1911

Duncan Grant

1885–1978
Vanessa Bell, ‘Abstract Painting’ c.1914

Vanessa Bell

1879–1961
Meredith Frampton, ‘Marguerite Kelsey’ 1928

Meredith Frampton

1894–1984
Dod Procter, ‘Morning’ 1926

Dod Procter

1892–1972
Glyn Warren Philpot, ‘Repose on the Flight into Egypt’ 1922

Glyn Warren Philpot

1884–1937
Sir Gerald Kelly, ‘The Jester (W. Somerset Maugham)’ 1911

Sir Gerald Kelly

1879–1972
David Jones, ‘The Garden Enclosed’ 1924

David Jones

1895–1974
Gwen John, ‘Nude Girl’ 1909–10

Gwen John

1876–1939
David Bomberg, ‘The Mud Bath’ 1914

David Bomberg

1890–1957
Sir Jacob Epstein, ‘Jacob and the Angel’ 1940–1

Sir Jacob Epstein

1880–1959
Eliot Hodgkin, ‘Undergrowth’ 1941

Eliot Hodgkin

1905–1987
Charles Ricketts, ‘Frontispiece to ‘The Dial’’ 1886

Charles Ricketts

1866–1931
Sir William Orpen, ‘The Mirror’ 1900

Sir William Orpen

1878–1931