Henry Lamb
1883-1960
Lamb was born in Australia but brought up in Manchester, where his father was Professor of Mathematics. Under parental pressure he studied medicine in Manchester but in 1907 he went to London with Nina Forrest and studied under Sir William Orpen and Augustus John at the Chelsea School of Art. He also studied in Paris and painted in Brittany. In 1911-12 he was a member of the Camden Town Group and in 1912 he exhibited a portrait of Lytton Strachey at the first Post-Impressionist exhibition, organized by Roger Fry. Lamb was a recognized member of the Bloomsbury Group and a friend of Vanessa Bell. He was known chiefly for his clever and sensitive portraits, which included Vanessa Bell, Lytton Strachey, Roger Fry, Lady Ottoline Morrell and others. In 1916 he joined the forces as a medical officer and served in Macedonia and the Near East. His painting 'Bombardment in the Judaean Hills' is in the Imperial War Museum. He was an official War Artist again from 1940 to 1945. In 1949 he was elected a member of the Royal Academy.
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Breton Women Digging