ALFRED WOLMARK
(1877-1961)

Biography
Painter and multi-talented designer, born in Warsaw, Poland, travelled to settle in England with his parents as a small boy in 1883. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools in the mid-1890's, winning a silver medal for drawing in 1897.

He had his first one-man show at Bruton Galleries in 1905 and went on to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy (1901-36); Allied Artists' Association (1908-16); International Society (1911-25); and the first Post-Impressionist Exhibition (1910-11) organised by Roger Fry. He also began to show in Europe and America during this period.

Wolmark also designed two Diaghilev ballets in 1911; a stained glass window for St. Mary's Church, Slough, 1915; and decorative pottery for an exhibition at Martyn's Gallery in 1916.

Towards the end of his life he had numerous solo exhibitions at Ben Uri Gallery, London (who gave him a memorial show in 1961). The Fine Art Society held a substantial retrospective in 1970.

Wolmark's work is featured in many public and private collections, including Tate Gallery and National Portrait Gallery, London

 

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