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Whitechapel Boys

Categories: Art, Philosophy, Sculpture

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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 EpsteinMark Gertler, Jacob Kramer, Bernard Meninsky, Clara Winsten, Alfred Wolmark.

Writers/philosophers/thinkers: Joseph Leftwich, John Rodker, Isaac Rosenberg, Stephen Winsten.

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