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1.DavidBomberg’searlyworksandthemakingofmodernisminBritain:1890-1912
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withthumpingclashesandbombingnoiseslThishappeningrevealednotonly
thesimilaritybetweenthetwogroupsbutalsothezealtheseEnglishartists
feltfortheItalianFuturismanditsostensibleleaderlThebondappearedtobe
inexhaustible
84
lSixmonthslater,WyndhamLewisdeclaredMarinettitobeuthe
intellectualCromwellofourtime”,statingthatuEnglandhasneedofthesefor-
eignauxiliariestoputherenergiestorightsandrestoreorder”lLewisasserted
thatMarinetti’sabilityutoinstillintopeopletheimportanceofthePresent,the
immenseimportanceofLife”wascrucialtopropagatinghisownartisticideas
85
l
Inspiteofsuchdiplomaticgestures,Lewisremainedsomewhatskeptical
aboutallowingtheItalianleadertooverpowerthefledglingEnglishavant-garde
movementthathehimselfwasintentonleadinglTheall-encompassinginflu-
enceofMarinetti’spropagandaandSeverini’saestheticsalarmedevenNevin-
son,whowasinitiallymostinclinedtoallyhimselfwiththeItalianslHewrote
toLewisafterthedinnerparty:uIhadquiteagreatdealofdifficultyinpre-
ventingMarinettifromagainexpoundingandproposinghisphilanthropicde-
siretopresentustoEuropeandbeourcontinentalguide”
86
lMarinetti’splan
tointroducetheseEnglishmoderniststoEuropeanartisticmilieusandsuper-
visetheirartisticprogressraisedconcernsluThissimmeringdiscontentwould
soonrisetofullrevolt”87l
uTheConfettiSchoolofPainting”anduanorgyofcolours,oflines,ofplants”
(uFuturistPuzzleslBaffledCriticsattheDoréGalleriesl”)weresomeofthe
phrasesusedbythepressinBritaintorefertoTheExhibitionoftheWorksofthe
ItalianFuturistPaintersandSculptorswhichranfrom13-30April1914atthe
DoréGallery,comprisingeightyworksbyBoccioni,Balla,Carrà,Severini,Sof-
ficiandRussolo88l
TheBritishavant-garde’sdissentfromtheFuturistsstartedinMarch1914
withthefoundingoftheRebelArtCentrelThisdisjointingwasfurthermani-
feston7JunewhenNevinsonincludedthenamesoffellowavant-gardeartists
fromTheRebelArtCentreassignatoriesonuAFuturistManifesto:VitalEng-
lishArt”
89
lUnexpectedlyandwithouttheirconsent,theseartistsfoundtheir
namesprintedonRebelArtCentreletterheadalongsidethoseoftheuusurpers”,
MarinettiandNevinsonlByattemptingtosubordinatetheEnglishavant-garde
84Buchowska,Wright(2012:216-217)l
85Lewis(1989:30-31)l
86Walsh(2005:21)l
87Buchowska,Wright(2012:217)l
88Buchowska,Wright(2012:218)l
89Themanifestowasusigned”byLawrenceAtkinson,DavidBomberg,JacobEpstein,Fred-
erickEtchells,CuthbertHamilton,ClRlWlNevinson,Roberts,EdwardWadsworth,andWyn-
dhamLewisl
