Mark Gertler (artist)

Mark Gertler
Self-portrait (1920)
Born
Marks Gertler

(1891-12-09)9 December 1891
Spitalfields, London, England
Died23 June 1939(1939-06-23) (aged 47)
Highgate, London,[1] England
Education
Known forPortrait painting
SpouseMarjorie Greatorex Hodgkinson

Mark Gertler (born Marks Gertler; 9 December 1891 – 23 June 1939) was a British painter of figure subjects, portraits and still-life.

His early life and his relationship with Dora Carrington were the inspiration for Gilbert Cannan's novel Mendel.[2] The characters of Loerke in D. H. Lawrence's Women in Love,[3] and Gombauld in Aldous Huxley's Crome Yellow were based on him.[4]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference Probate was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ MacDougall 2002, p. 140.
  3. ^ MacDougall 2002, p. 106.
  4. ^ MacDougall 2002, p. 155.