Jessica Dismorr
Jessica Stewart Dismorr (born March 3, 1885 in Gravesend , Kent , † August 29, 1939 in London ) was an English painter, one of two women active in the Vorticism movement.
Jessica Dismorr was born into the family of wealthy entrepreneur John Stewart Dismorr. Soon after she was born, her family moved to Hampstead . She studied painting, initially 1902–1903 at the Slade School of Fine Art in London , then with Max Bohm (1868–1923) in Étaples and 1910–1913 at the Académie de la Palette in Paris with Jean Metzinger , where she was the Scottish Colourist to John Duncan Fergusson joined.
She first showed her works in October 1912 at the Stafford Gallery in London. She also showed her pictures influenced by Fauvism in the Allied Artist's Association , which were created during her studies at the Académie de la Palette. In 1914 she signed the Vorticism Movement Manifesto , which was published in the magazine “Blast”. In 1917 she took part in the Vortizisten exhibition in New York .
During the First World War she worked as a nurse in France . As a result of the war experience, she suffered a nervous breakdown in 1920. After that she stayed in London. In the 1930s she dealt with abstract painting . She published her work in Axis Magazine in 1937 .
She committed suicide two days before the outbreak of World War II .
literature
- Antcliffe, Mark, and Green, Vivien (eds.) (2011). The Vorticists: Manifesto for a Modern World . Tate Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85437-885-9 .
- Cork, Richard (1976). Vorticism and Abstract Art in the First Machine Age . University of California Press. (2 vols.) ISBN 0-520-03154-7 & ISBN 0-520-03269-1 .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dismorr, Jessica |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dismorr, Jessica Stewart (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Vorticist painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1885 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gravesend |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1939 |
| Place of death | London |