Sunset among the Michelangelos
1912
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1912
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Wyndham Lewis painted *Sunset among the Michelangelos* around 1912. It’s a watercolour, not a big oil painting. Lewis studied at London’s Slade School of Art. Later he mixed British art with ideas from Europe. This work shows Lewis pushing back against old ideas about Italian Renaissance art. He wanted something fresher, sharper. By 1913 he was called Britain’s top avant-garde artist. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
