ALFRED WOLMARK | Men of Old

Acquired by Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, 1930

London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Israel Zangwill Memorial Exhibition, 24th November - 1st December 1935;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Opening Exhibition, 1944;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Exhibition of Paintings by A.A. Wolmark (Konstam Collection) Dobrinsky – Paris and Selected Works from the Ben Uri Art Gallery, 11th February - 4th March 1945;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Exhibition of Painting & Sculpture by Contemporary Jewish Artists, 4th September - 19th October 1945;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, 75th Birthday Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by Alfred Wolmark, 1952;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, 40th Anniversary Exhibition, 1956, illustrated;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Selections from the Permanent Collection, 1960;
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Alfred Wolmark: Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, 1961, (dated 1908);
Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Alfred Wolmark 1877–1961, 22nd March - 13th April 1975, cat. no.16;
Glasgow, Glasgow Art Gallery and Museum, Jewish Art, 5th September - 7th October 1979;
New York, Jewish Museum, The Immigrant Generations: Jewish Artists in Britain 1900-1945, 24th May - 25th September 1983, cat. no.75, illustrated p.51 (dated 1908); 
Hull, Ferens Art Gallery, Rediscovering Wolmark: a Pioneer of British Modernism, 5th September - 7th November 2004, p.56, cat. no.75, illustrated (dated circa 1930);
London, Ben Uri Art Gallery, Homeless & Hidden 1, 29th January - 24th February 2009, cat. no.54.

Walter Schwab and Julia Weiner, Jewish Artists: The Ben Uri Collection: Paintings, Drawings, Prints and Sculpture, Ben Uri Gallery and Museum, London, 1994, cat. no.432, illustrated p.107;
The Public Catalogue Foundation, Oil Paintings in Public Ownership: Camden, The Public Catalogue Foundation, London, 2013, Vol.11, illustrated p.45.

The canvas is original. There is abrasion to the corners and extreme edges of the work, with associated losses, and some instances where the canvas has worn through, none of which is visible in the present frame. The canvas undulates and there are faint stretcher bar marks towards the edges, most evident towards the right edge. There is a small area of very fine lines of cracking at the centre of the picture with further instances towards the centre of the upper edge and possibly one or two isolated instances elsewhere, only visible upon close inspection. There is an area of reticulation at the left edge above centre with probable more minor instances elsewhere, including towards the upper left corner. There are instances of minor studio detritus and matter in places and light surface dirt to the work. There is a thick layer of varnish. The thick layer of varnish makes for a difficult reading under ultra violet light, but there appears to be a small number of scattered very small instances of spot retouching to the work. The work is held in a painted composite wooden frame behind glass. Please telephone the department on +44 (0) 207 293 6424 if you have any questions regarding the present work.
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