Student Artwork Guide
Copyright This work is in the public domain. Mark Gertler died in 1939; copyright lasts 70 years after the artist’s death, so it ended in 2009.
In context
Seashells — Mark Gertler
Row above: the years. Row below: how old the artist was at the start and at the end of each span — 0 at birth, 48 at death.
Shaded: the lifetime of Mark Gertler (1891–1939) every dated painting, decade by decade
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Measured from the image
Main colour
Black #0e0703
Catalogued palette
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The ten leading countries
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Together these works take 95.7% of all the attention this artist's paintings received over the last twelve months. The catalogue holds 127 works by this artist, of which 21 were looked at at least once. This painting ranks 8 of them, with 3.4% of that attention. The same counts, month by month
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Artist and museum
Born in London, United Kingdom
mark gertler, a british painter of figure subjects, portraits, and still-life, was born on december 9, 1891, in spitalfields, london. his early life and relationship with dora carrington were the inspiration for gilbert cannan's novel mendel. gertler's forename was anglicised from "marks" to "mark" in 1896, when his family joined his father in london. gertler showed signs of a great talent for drawing from an early age. he enrolled in art classes at regent street polytechnic in 1906 but was forced to drop out due to poverty. in 1908, he began working as an apprentice at clayton & bell, a stained glass company, while attending evening classes at the polytechnic.
gertler's career took off when he was placed third in a national art competition in 1908. he then enrolled at the slade school of art in london, where he became a contemporary of notable artists like paul nash, edward wadsworth, and sir stanley spencer. gertler's patrons included lady ottoline morrell, who introduced him to walter sickert, the leader of the camden town group. his success as a painter of society portraits was short-lived due to his temperamental manner and devotion to advancing his work according to his own vision, leading to personal frustration and poverty.
still life with self portrait, a painting showcasing gertler's unique style, can be found on AllPaintingsStore.
other notable works include the basket of fruit, peaches and green bottle, and violin case and flowers, all of which can be viewed on mark gertler's page on AllPaintingsStore.
gertler's life was marked by struggles with poverty and unrequited love. he died on june 23, 1939, and was buried at willesden jewish cemetery, where many other notable figures from the london area are interred. explore more of mark gertler's works and life on AllPaintingsStore: mark gertler | 127 artworks discover other artists and their stories on AllPaintingsStore: the greatest artists painters of all time
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Look closely
Seashells — Mark Gertler
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The perceived brightness of "Seashells" by Mark Gertler is deep_shadow. It can be matched to the light of the intended space.
"Seashells" is available as a high-resolution digital image download, purchased directly on its Digital Image page.
The format of "Seashells" is landscape. This is useful when planning where a reproduction will be placed.