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“ASenseofForm”:theartofDavidBomberg
mercy”
77
lMarinetti’scontinuedberatingofBritainasaunationofsycophants
andsnobs,enslavedbyworm-eatentraditions,socialconventionsandromanti-
cism”,astonishedsomeoftheavant-gardeaudience,whomonecriticsarcastically
identifiedasulong-hairedgentlemen”anduladieswithRossettieyesandlips”78l
WhathelikedaboutLondonwasapparentlyitsUndergroundandmotorbus-
es,andposters,andwishedthattheEnglishpaintersderivedmorefromthese
technologicaladvancementsinsteadoflivinginapastoralage79l
FuturismreturnedtoLondoninspring1913despiteincreasedfinancialdif-
ficultiesanddepressedsalesfromthepreviousyear,intheformofasoloshow
whichwasarrangedforGinoSeveriniattheMarlboroughGallerylTheFuturist
PainterSeveriniExhibitsHisLatestWorks(7April-7May1913)highlightedhis
importancefortheFuturistartmovementanddisplayedallthekeyaspectsof
Futurism:citylife,modernvehicles,speed,dancing,bodiesinmotionyetcrit-
icalresponsewaspoor80l
Severini’sshowwasfollowedbyThePost-ImpressionistandFuturistExhibition
attheDoréGallery(16-20November1913)whichaimedatachronologicaland
intellectualreviewofrecentpaintingstylesthat,asthecatalogueemphasized,
hadumadesomenoiseintheworld”
81
lTheexhibitionconcentratedonPost-
-Impressionists,Fauvists,Neo-ImpressionistsandIntimistslTheItalianFutur-
istswererepresentedonlybySeverinilImportantly,italsoincludedworksby
Englishmodernists,includingWadsworth,Lewis,EtchellsandNevinsonand
unexpectedlySickert,allofwhomthepublichadbeguntoassociatevaguely
withFuturismlTheywerecorrectinthisinstance:extensiveelementsofFu-
turismhadseepedintotheworksoftheyounggenerationofartistsinBritain82l
AsBuchowskaandWrightclaim,Marinetti’sLondonvisitinNovember1913
becametheuapogeeofFuturism’sinfluenceontheEnglishavant-garde”83lSev-
eralweeksearlier,WyndhamLewis,EdwardWadsworth,FrederickEtchellsand
othershaddisaffiliatedthemselvesfromRogerFry’sOmegaWorkshoptomark
theirdissatisfactionwiththePost-Impressionistornamentalapproachandthe
workshop’spolicy,andseparateness-launchingtheirownRebelArtCentrelOn
18NovembertheseEnglishrebelsorganizedacelebratorydinnerattheFlorence
RestaurantonRupertStreettowelcometheirItalianidollMarinettididnot
disappointhisadmirers,performingtheuSiegeofAdrianople”,lavishlypacked
77TheTimes(1912)l
78DailyChroniclel
79Butler(1994:220)l
80Buchowska,Wright(2012:209)l
81Bullen(1988:461)l
82Buchowska,Wright(2012:211)l
83Buchowska,Wright(2012:216)l
