David Bomberg valuation
British painter of geometric early compositions, later of expressive landscapes, and an influential teacher.
David Bomberg (1890–1957) was born in Birmingham, grew up in Whitechapel and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, from which he was expelled in 1913.
What a work by David Bomberg is worth
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Bio
David Bomberg (1890–1957) was born in Birmingham, grew up in Whitechapel and studied at the Slade School of Fine Art, from which he was expelled in 1913. In the Hold and The Mud Bath, both in Tate's collection, turned figures into angular colour shapes, and The Mud Bath hung outside his 1914 solo show in Chelsea. He worked in Palestine from 1923 to 1927 and later in Spain, moving to a broad, expressive way of painting. From 1945 to 1953 he taught at Borough Polytechnic in London, where his pupils included Frank Auerbach and Leon Kossoff.
What comes to market is landscapes and portraits from the later years, drawings, and rarely early geometric works, which are the most sought after. A buyer will want to know the date and place of a work, and provenance back to the family or a known collection helps. Thickly painted late canvases should be checked for cracking and flaking, and works on paper for fading and staining.
At a glance
- Born
- 5 December 1890, Birmingham
- Died
- 19 August 1957, London
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