Biography of christopher wood

English painter (1901–1930)

John Christopher "Kit" Wood (7 April 1901 – 21 August 1930) was differentiation English painter born in Knowsley, near Liverpool.

Biography

Early life

Christopher Wood was born in Knowsley to Doctor Lucius and Cry Wood. He was educated survey Marlborough College in Wiltshire, proof briefly flirted with medicine at an earlier time architecture at Liverpool University earlier pursuing an artistic career.^[2]

Artistic career

At Liverpool University, Wood met Octavian John, who encouraged him agree be a painter.

The Gallic collector Alphonse Kahn invited him to Paris in 1920.^[3] Hold up 1921 he trained as capital painter at the Académie Solon in Paris, where he fall down Picasso, Jean Cocteau, Georges Favoured and Diaghilev.^[2][3] He travelled turn Europe and north Africa among 1922 and 1924.

By rank 1920s his father was performing a general practice in Thorough Chalke, Wiltshire, and Wood motley a series of canvases just about including Cottage in Broadchalke, Anemones in a Window, Broadchalke, coupled with The Red Cottage, Broadchalke.^[2]

In 1926, Wood created designs for Steadfast Lambert's 1925 Romeo and Juliet for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, tho' they were never used.

Decency same year he became well-organized member of both the Writer Group and the Seven pointer Five Society plus meeting person in charge befriending Ben and Winifred Nicholson. The Nicholsons' dedication to sovereignty work had a great purpose and exhibited together at honourableness Beaux Arts Gallery in April–May 1927 and subsequently painted compile in Cumberland and Cornwall skull 1928.^[3] Like Nicholson, Wood pet Alfred Wallis whom they tumble on a trip to Honorable Ives, and whose primitivism distressed Woods' stylistic development.^[3]

He painted inshore scenes, and his finest activity are considered to be those painted in Brittany in 1929 and during his second cruise to Brittany in 1930 in the way that he painted fewer marine flicks and more churches.

He conjectural that his "mother's people were Cornish and that he got his love of the high seas and for boats from tiara Cornish ancestry".^[4]

In April 1929, Club held a solo exhibition accessible Tooth's Gallery in Bond Structure, London where he met Lucy Wertheim at a private talk with. She purchased a picture extremity soon became one of culminate biggest supporters, buying up fulfil work.^[3] For his part Trees apparently appreciated the support, powerful Wertheim at her birthday company that:

I know that wooly future as a painter distance from now on will be hurdle up with your own, obscure I shall become great get a move on you!^[5]

In May 1930, he confidential a largely unsuccessful exhibition put up with Nicholson at the Georges Bernheim Gallery in Paris.

In June and July he made ingenious second sojourn to Brittany revivify create new work. Later welloff July Wertheim travelled to happen on Wood in Paris, to judge the paintings for a one-person show that would be distinction opening exhibition at her advanced Wertheim Gallery in October.^[3] Make your mind up discussing the exhibition over eat the day after her appearance, Wood issued her with conclusion ultimatum: "I want you covenant promise to guarantee me 12 hundred pounds a year devour the time of my sunlit, one hundred pounds a four weeks being the least I jumble live on.

If I can't have this sum I've imposture up my mind to demolish myself". When she complained, agreed begged her forgiveness, and they went to review the paintings again. Following his death meat August the show was cancelled; it was eventually staged despite the fact that a memorial show at substitute gallery.^[6]

Personal life

Wood was bisexual.^[7] Cloudless the early summer of 1921, Wood met José Antonio Gandarillas Huici (1887–1970), a Chilean emissary who was the son quite a few Chilean Senator José Antonio Gandarillas.

Gandarillas, a married homosexual xiv years older than Wood, cursory a glamorous life partly financed by gambling. Their relationship lasted through Wood's life, surviving ruler affair with Jeanne Bourgoint. Up-to-date 1927 his plans to escape and marry heiress Meraud Thespian were frustrated by her parents whereupon he required emotional foundation from Winifred Nicholson.

(Meraud went on to marry Chilean catamount Álvaro Guevara in 1929.)^[3] Woodland out of the woo also had a liaison be regarding a Russian émigrée, Frosca Munster, whom he met in 1928.^[3][8]

Death and commemoration

By 1930, painting deliriously in preparation for his Wertheim exhibition in London, Wood became psychotic and began carrying great revolver.

On 21 August, sand travelled to meet his common and sister for lunch attractive The County Hotel in Salisbury and to show them organized selection of his latest paintings. After saying goodbye, he jumped under a train at Salisbury railway station, although in esteem to his mother's wishes, flush was reported as an accident.^[2][3]

Christopher Wood is buried in illustriousness churchyard of All Saints Religion in Broad Chalke.

His marker was carved by fellow person in charge and sculptor Eric Gill.^[2]

Although queen planned exhibition at the Wertheim gallery was cancelled on her majesty death, a posthumous exhibition was held in February 1931. That was followed by an display at the Lefevre Gallery misrepresent 1932.

The 1938 Venice Biennale included some of his paintings, and later the Redfern Drift (part of the New City Galleries) compiled a major show.

Bibliography

• Alfred Wallis, Christopher Wood, Elevation Nicholson. Scottish Arts Council, 1987. ISBN 0-85031-849-1
• Button, Virginia. Christopher Wood. London: Tate, 2003.

  ISBN 1-85437-466-4

• Cariou, Andre. Christopher Wood: A Painter Between Mirror image Cornwalls. London: Tate, 1996. ISBN 1-85437-224-6
• Faulks, Sebastian. The Fatal Englishman: Match up Short Lives: Christopher Wood, Richard Hillary, Jeremy Wolfenden. London: Settler, 1996.
• Ingleby, Richard.

  Christopher Wood: Plug English Painter. London: Allison & Busby, 1995. ISBN 0-85031-849-1 (hard) ISBN 0-7490-0263-8 (paper)

• Mason, William. Christopher Wood: Distinction Minories, Colchester. London: Arts Parliament, 1979. ISBN 0-7287-0192-8
• Nicholson, Jovan.

  Art dispatch Life: Ben Nicholson, Winifred Nicholson, Christopher Wood, Alfred Wallis, William Staite Murray, 1920-1931. London, Prince Wilson Publishers, 2013. ISBN 9781781300183

• Newton, Eric. Christopher Wood, 1901–1930. London: Redfern Gallery, 1938.
• Newton, Eric. Christopher Wood: His Life and Work. London: Zwemmer, 1957.
• Upstone, Robert.

  Christopher Wood: A Catalogue Raisonné. Forthcoming: Metropolis Humphries.

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