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Mark Gertler

Early Life and Career Mark Gertler (born Marks Gertler; December 9, 1891), a British painter of figure subjects, portraits, and still-life, was born in Spitalfields, London. His early life and relationship with Dora Carrington were the inspiration for Gilbert Cannan’s novel Mendel. Gertler's forename was anglicised from "marks" to "mark" in 1896, when his family joined his father in London. Gertler showed signs of a great talent for dra

wing from an early age. He enrolled in art classes at Regent Street Polytechnic in 1906 but was forced to drop out due to poverty. In 1908, he began working as an apprentice at Clayton & Bell, a stained glass company, while attending evening classes at the polytechnic. This formative experience instilled in him a meticulous attention to detail and a fascination with capturing light and texture—qualities that would become hallmarks of h…