'Our Little Gang'

TheVorticists, a rebellious cohort of young artists in early twentieth-centuryEngland, defied the conventions of the art world with their distinctiveabstract creations. Despite the brevity of their existence, from 1911 to1913, their startling innovations left an indelible mark on English arthistory. In this book James King explores the personalities and lives ofthese colourful individuals, capturing the tumultuous environment in whichthey thrived. The narrative presents biographies of the group’s members –‘our little gang’, as Ezra Pound called them – highlighting personalconflicts and providing a concise, highly readable history of the movement.This book is ideal for art enthusiasts, historians and anyone intrigued byavant-garde movements of the early twentieth century.