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Birth
1882 (Amherst, Nova Scotia, Canada)
Death
1957 (London, England)
Lived/Active
Ontario / United Kingdom/England
Self portrait
Often Known For
vorticist painting-portraits and war themes, writing
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| Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was an English painter and author (he dropped the name 'Percy', which he disliked). He was a co-founder of the Vorticist* movement in art, and edited the literary magazine of the Vorticists, BLAST. His novels include his pre–World War I–era novel Tarr (set in Paris), and The Human Age, a trilogy comprising The Childermass (1928), Monstre Gai and Malign Fiesta (both 1955), set in the afterworld.& (showing 500 of 12656 characters). |
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