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The exhibition charts Gertlers career from an early British modernist at the close of the Edwardian era- through his most radical period during the years of the First World War- to the return to order of the 1920s- when Gertler was recognised as a consummate painter with a highly individual vision. This catalogue will provide a rare opportunity to see both celebrated and littleknown paintings and drawings from a number of UK private collections by one of the leading exponents of early twentieth-century British painting. Examples of Gertlers experimental figurative work in this period include three of his four boxing studies shown together here for the first time and two- rarely-exhibited drawings for his iconic anti-war painting- Merry-Go-Round (1916)- both of which caused an outcry when first exhibited. The catalogues Introduction and Catalogue Entries are written by Gertlers biographer and cataloguer Sarah MacDougall;...