Frederick Etchells (1886–1973)

Vorticist turned modernist architect who gave Le Corbusier his English voice and designed London's first modern office.

ABOUT

Frederick Etchells (14 September 1886 – 16 August 1973) was an English artist and architect. == Biography == Etchells was born in Newcastle upon Tyne. He was educated at the London School of Kensington, now The Royal College of Art, where he studied on the Architectural course under Arthur Beresford Pite and William Lethaby. This brought him into contact with the Bloomsbury Group. He was a contributor to the Omega Workshops, but eventually broke with Wyndham Lewis. This brea…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Armistice Day, Munitions Centre 1919 · Canadian War Museum On the Grass 1911 · Ashmolean Museum Hip Bath 1911 · Courtauld Gallery Portrait 1911 · National Gallery The Fair, fragment 1911 · National Gallery The Big Girl 1912 · Tate

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Roger FryPost-Impressionism Wyndham LewisVorticism Le CorbusierModernism

Influenced

Ashley HavindenModernist Design John BetjemanArchitectural Preservation