Mark
Gertler

Mark Gertler (eng. Mark Gertler, rod. 2 Dec 1891 London — mind. June 23, 1939, London) is an English artist.

Born into a family of Jewish immigrants from the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now territory of Poland). Receiving a scholarship, he studied painting at the prestigious London School of fine arts Slade (1908-1912). During my study drew mainly portraits of family members, primarily mothers. During this period, Gertler met artists such as Paul Nash, Edward Wadsworth, Christopher Nevinson, Stanley Spencer, was in a relationship with an eccentric artist Dora Carrington. M. Gertler patronized the famous London philanthropist, Ottoline Morrell, who introduced him to Walter sikert, founder of the London-based art group the Camden town and introduced Gertler to the circle of the Bloomsbury group.

M. Gertler was known in England of the early twentieth century as a superb portraitist and a landscape painter. Also wrote still lifes. A member of the New English art club (NEAC). In 1914 the artist began to work under the patronage of influential art critic, art historian and patron Edward Marsh. This cooperation has continued for two years, after which a pacifist by conviction, Gertler breaks the relationship with March, which became a member of the war Cabinet, from Winston Churchill. In the early 1920-ies from the Gertler detected tuberculosis, and he is forced to carry out a course of treatment in a sanatorium. Shortly thereafter die from tuberculosis — his closest friends, the writer Katherine Mansfield and D. H. Lawrence. In the 1930s, the artist teaches at the Westminster School of art. At this time paintings of M. Gertler barely sold. Organized in the late 30-ies of the exhibition of his works failed, soon after which the artist committed suicide in his Studio.

M. Gertler was the inspiration for such literary characters as Larke in women Lovers D. H. Lawrence and Gombauld in Aldous Huxley's novel Chrome Yellow.