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David Bomberg (December 5, 1890 – August 19,
1957) was a painter, born in Birmingham, England.

Bomberg trained as a lithography|lithographer in
Birmingham and gained his artistic licence from
the upbringing he received in the ever changing
Industry|Industrial landscape.

Bomberg later went on to study art in London,
first at the Westminster School of Art (where he
was taught by Walter Sickert), and later at the
Slade School of Art.

He travelled to France where he met Modigliani and
Picasso.

Bomberg's first well known works date from the
1910s. They are rather complex geometric
compositions built over relatively traditional
subjects, and typically use a limited number of
striking colours. Humans are turned into simple,
angular shapes, and a simple grid-work colouring
scheme sometimes overlays the whole painting. Mud
Bath (1914) and In The Hold (probably 1914) can be
said to be typical of this period.

At this time, Bomberg was associated with
Vorticism, though he never allowed himself to be a
full member of the movement, despite Wyndham
Lewis' efforts, not allowing his work to be
reproduced in BLAST_(journal)|BLAST, the
Vorticists' journal, for example.

Later, Bomberg's works became more
representational, and from the late 1920s his
style became more expressionist. He painted a
number of portraits and landscapes of the places
he travelled to in the Middle East and Europe.

Bomberg also worked as a teacher at the Borough
Polytechnic in London from 1945 to 1953, where he
taught Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff, among
others.

Bomberg died in London in 1957, his critical stock
rising sharply thereafter. A major retrospective
of his work was held at the Tate Gallery in 1988.

==External links==
*http://www.modjourn.brown.edu/mjp/Bios/Bomberg.ht
m Early works
*http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/bomberg_davi
d.html Art Encyclopedia entry
*http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ArtistWorks?cgroup
id=999999961&artistid=777&page=1 Bomberg's home at
the Tate Gallery, including images of some of his
paintings
*http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTbomberg.h
tm general info