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The young poet Rupert Brooke, famed for his idealistic war sonnets, died at sea in April 1915 on his way to participate in the disastrous British assault on Gallipoli during the First World War. His death sent shockwaves through the Bloomsbury Group. 'It is too horrible', wrote Duncan Grant, who had known Brooke since their school days: 'May no other generation live under the cloud we have to live under'. Grant, a pacifist, made this painting as an act of homage. It neither glorifies Brooke’s death nor overtly explores his remarkable life but adopts instead the colourful abstract style with which Grant was experimenting during this period. A piece of silver foil was originally attached to the bottom of the painting, hinting at Grant’s fondness for cubist collages.
Title
In Memoriam: Rupert Brooke
Date
1915
Medium
oil & collage on panel
Measurements
H 54.8 x W 29.8 cm
Accession number
B1985.3.3
Acquisition method
Paul Mellon Fund
Work type
Painting
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