author
Wyndham Lewis
1882–1957
A fierce, witty modernist who moved between painting, fiction, and criticism, this restless talent helped launch Vorticism and gave British avant-garde culture one of its boldest voices. His work can be sharp, satirical, and surprisingly funny, with a style that still feels alive.
2 Audiobooks
Tarr
by Wyndham Lewis
The caliph's design : Architects! Where is your vortex?
by Wyndham Lewis
About the author
Born in 1882 and raised mainly in England, Wyndham Lewis became one of the central figures of British modernism. He worked across several forms at once—painting, writing, and criticism—and is best known as a co-founder of Vorticism, the short-lived but influential movement that tried to capture the energy of the machine age in art and literature. He also edited BLAST, the movement’s striking magazine.
Lewis wrote novels, essays, and polemics as well as making paintings and drawings. His first major novel, Tarr, appeared in book form in 1918, and his reputation grew through a body of work known for its intelligence, combativeness, and originality. During the First World War he served in the army and also worked as an official war artist.
He died in London in 1957. Today he is remembered as an important, often controversial modernist whose career brought together visual art and literature in an unusually direct way.