Wyndham Lewis
UK (1882—1957)After moving to London with a scholarship, Lewis dropped out of art school to go to Paris, where he experimented with Cubist and Expressionist styles. Back in London he started to develop his own style, using abstract geometric forms to represent modern development and urban architecture. In 1914 he founded BLAST, which became the principal publication of Vorticism. He worked on painting and writing in parallel. He wrote The Art of Being Ruled, The Lion and the Fox and The Apes of God, a satirical novel. Although his artistic style had reached its peak, his political views increasingly isolated him. He moved to the US and Canada. After WWII, back in the UK, he worked as an art critic and wrote several articles for The Listener.
