“But ‘art’ is not anything serious or exclusive: it is the smell of oil paint, Henri Murger’s Vie de Boheme, corduroy trousers, the operatic Italian model: but the poetry, above all, of linseed oil and turpentine.”
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Wyndham Lewis
Wyndham Lewis, a British painter, writer, and art critic, was born on November 18, 1882, in London and died on March 7, 1957. He is known for his unique artistic style and theoretical contributions, being a significant figure in British modernist art. more
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