Timeline

1890

Born in Birmingham

1911 - 1913

Studied at the Slade where he was awarded the Tonks prize

1915

Founder-member of the London Group; exhibited with the Vorticists

1918 - 1919

Commissioned by the Canadian War Records Office to paint "Sappers at Work"

1923 - 1927

Lived in Palestine where he developed his strongly expressive geometric style

1930 - 1939

Lived in Spain

1945 - 1953

During the Second World War he was an Official War Artist, and after the war taught at the Borough Polytechnic in London

1954 - 1957

Returned to Spain

1957

Died

1988

Major retrospective exhibition at the Tate Gallery