The straw hat

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Title

The straw hat

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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

The straw hat dates from the phase of Mark Gertler’s career when he enjoyed his greatest commercial and critical success, and ranked among Britain’s most talked-about younger artists. It follows the poignant portraits of his Jewish family and pre-dates his hotly coloured cubist semi-abstracts. Gertler grew up in London’s impoverished East End. Handsome and a gifted mimic, he was also angry, egotistical and neurotic. He failed to land on a style or mode that satisfied him, yet his work is ad...

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Format

Image

Date created

1924

Creator

Mark Gertler

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/43581

Related subjects

Portraits / Women / Nudes / Hats / Dresses / Birds / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / figures / Post-Impressionist / London

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