From the Whitechapel Gallery: "A group of significant artists and writers emerged from the Jewish diaspora in east London at the beginning of the 20th Century."
Artists: David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein, Mark Gertler, Jacob Kramer, Bernard Meninsky, Clara Winsten, Alfred Wolmark.
Writers/philosophers/thinkers: Joseph Leftwich, John Rodker, Isaac Rosenberg, Stephen Winsten.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Whitechapel Boys
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Illustrator. Born in Harrow, Margaret Fortnum has illustrated about 80 children's books, most famously the Paddington series from the beginning to 1974. Andrew Behan has researched Fortnum: Margar...
Painter. Born Birmingham, his mother dying as a result of his birth. Met his life-long friend, William Morris, at Oxford University. Dropped out of his degree and went to London to become a pupil o...
Stained glass artist, Born at The Rectory, Thurning, Huntingdonshire. His major stained glass works are in Gloucester and Canterbury Cathedrals and he influenced many artists in Britain and America...
Spencer Frederick Gore, painter. Born Epsom, Surrey, son of the sportsman also called Spencer Gore. Clearly a clubable man he was a member of the New English Art Club, founding member of the Fitzro...
Newgate was the western exit through the Roman London Wall. In later years the gate house was about 100 feet wide. Part of this building was used, from at least the 12th century, as a prison and th...
Fig Tree Court , 1515 - 1666, was destroyed in the Great Fire of London, rebuilt in 1679 and again destroyed by enemy action 1940.
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