Isaac Rosenberg

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Self-portrait by Isaac Rosenberg, oil on canvas, around 1910

Isaac Rosenberg (born November 25, 1890 in Bristol , † April 3, 1918 in Arras ) was a British painter and poet . He is considered the most important contemporary witness of the First World War in English literature . Some of his most famous works today were only published after his death.

Life

Selfportrait in a Trilby Hat , oil on canvas, 1914

Isaac Rosenberg was the son of a Russian - Jewish emigrant family . In 1897 the family moved to London , where his parents opened a butcher shop. At the age of 14 he began training as an engraver . A friend of the family, Lilly Joseph, recognized his artistic talent and financed his studies at the renowned Slade School of Fine Art in London. In addition to painting, he also wrote poems that he sent to editorial offices and magazines. In 1912 Rosenberg published a small volume of poetry Night and Day at his expense . His 24-page brochure showed a strong romantic influence, especially from the poems of John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley . During this time he met Edward Marsh , one of the leading figures in the London art world. He became his sponsor and brought him together with Ezra Pound , Ford Madox Ford and James Joyce . Marsh took Rosenberg's poems into the Georgian Poetry Collection 1916–1917 (1917), which he edited . For health reasons, Rosenberg had to travel to Cape Town , South Africa in 1913 , where he continued to work as an artist. When the First World War broke out, he returned to England in 1915, but lacked any professional prospects. He volunteered for military service and came to France with his regiment. Rosenberg is regarded as one of the best poets of his generation; including Wilfred Owen , Robert Graves and Rupert Brooke , among others . Isaac Rosenberg died on April 1, 1918 at the Battle of Arras; his body was buried in the Bailleul Road East Cemetery near Saint-Laurent-Blangy .

literature

  • Jean Moorcroft Wilson: Isaac Rosenberg: A New Life: The Making of a Great War Poet. Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2008, ISBN 978-0-297-85145-5 .
  • Isaac Rosenberg, Jean Liddiard: Selected Poems and Letters. Enitharmon Press, 2004, ISBN 1-9005-6489-0 .
  • Isaac Rosenberg, Wilfred Owen: Poets of World War I: Comprehensive Research and Study Guide. Chelsea House Publishers, 2002, ISBN 0-7910-5932-4 .
  • Rachel Dicksen: Whitechapel at was: Isaac Rosenberg & his circle. Ben Uri Gallery, The London Jewish Museum of Art, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-900157-09-7 .

Web links

Commons : Isaac Rosenberg  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Website of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Casualty Details - The Commonwealth War Graves Commission also gives the date of his death there as April 1st and includes the following under additional information such as the name and address of his parents: "Some critics of the time considered Rosenberg the best of the war poets after Wilfred Owen. "
personal data
SURNAME Rosenberg, Isaac
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rosenburg, Isaac
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British painter and poet
DATE OF BIRTH November 25, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Bristol
DATE OF DEATH April 3, 1918
Place of death Arras