born Nov. 18, 1882, on a yacht near Amherst, Nova Scotia, Can.
died March 7, 1957, London, Eng.
English artist and writer.
The founder and principal exponent of Vorticism , Lewis began a short-lived Vorticist review titled Blast in 1914. His first novel, Tarr , appeared in 1918. The Childermass (1928) was followed by the huge satirical novel The Apes of God (1930) and The Revenge for Love (1937). In the 1930s he produced some of his most noted paintings, including The Surrender of Barcelona (1936). He also wrote essays, short stories, and two admired memoirs. Notorious in the 1930s for championing fascism, he later recanted those beliefs.