He was one of the prime movers in setting up the Ben Uri Art Society, 1915.
His paintings are now in many galleries around the world, including the National Portrait Gallery London.
Alfred Wolmark 1877 - 1961
Painter and decorative artist. He was a pioneer of the New Movement in Art. He was born into a Jewish family in Warsaw. He emigrated to London and became a British citizen in 1894. He studied at the Royal Academy Schools, 1895-8 (1st Silver Medallist for Drawing).
Returning briefly to Poland in 1903, he painted works based on Jewish historical subjects. In 1911, under the influence of modern French painting, he executed a series of studies of Breton Fishing Folk and Harbour Life. He worked in the areas of interior decoration, the theatre, and stained glass, 1911-15, he made a stained glass window for St. Mary's Church in Slough.
