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David Bomberg

British painter (1890-1957)
Person human Q734355

Facts

27 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
December 5, 1890
Date of death
August 19, 1957
Place of birth
Birmingham
Place of death
London
Country of citizenship
United Kingdom[9]
Occupation
painter, artist, draftsperson
Employer
London South Bank University[12]
Field of work
painting, visual arts[10][11]
Educated at
Slade School of Fine Art, Westminster School of Art[13][14]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English[23]
Artist files at
Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
Tate, reproduction right represented by CISAC-member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
pi-vol-3-issue-1-1948[22]
Family name
Bomberg[19]
Given name
David[20]
Has works in the collection
Auckland Art Gallery, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art, National Galleries Scotland, Israel Museum, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Yale Center for British Art, National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery, Fitzwilliam Museum, Art Gallery of South Australia, Picker Art Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, National Museum Cardiff, Walker Art Gallery, Laing Art Gallery, Hepworth Wakefield, Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Manchester Art Gallery, Brighton Museum & Art Gallery, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Whitworth Art Gallery, Gallery Oldham, Ferens Art Gallery, Ben Uri Gallery, Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery, The Wilson, Pallant House Gallery, Hatton Gallery, Sainsbury Centre, Salford Museum and Art Gallery, York Art Gallery, Southampton City Art Gallery, Leeds Art Gallery, Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Museum & Art Swindon, Touchstones Rochdale, Towner Eastbourne, London Museum, Harris Museum, Reading Museum, Paisley Museum, Borough Road Gallery, Mercer Art Gallery, Ulster Museum, Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery, Imperial War Museum London, Leicester Museum & Art Gallery, Museum of the Order of St John, UCL Art Museum, Norfolk Museums Collections, Maclaurin Art Gallery, Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre
Military branch
British Army[17]
Movement
vorticism[16]
Name in native language
David Bomberg[24]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
P14750
C730-D0E9-AC83-5E0B-348D
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Participated in conflict
World War I[18]
Place of burial
Edmonton Federation of Synagogues Cemetery[8]
Pseudonym
Bomberg, David Garshen[21]
🏷️ Also known as
en David Bomberg en David Garshen Bomberg en Deṿid Bomberg de David Garshen Bomberg el Ντέιβιντ Μπόμπεργκ fa دیوید بومبرگ fi David Garshen Bomberg he דייוויד בומברג ja デビット・ボンバーグ ru Дэвид Бомберг
🔖 Identifiers · 90
ISNI
0000000066311320
VIAF cluster ID
32796163
Library of Congress authority ID
n50042057
GND ID
118960784
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Photo of Davis Bomberg.jpg ↗
AAGM person or institution ID
322
ADAGP artist ID
david-bomberg-742322
ARTIC artist ID
42785
AbART person ID
115357
Art Gallery of South Australia creator ID
2987
Art UK artist ID
bomberg-david-18901957
Artcyclopedia artist ID
bomberg_david
Show all 90 identifiers +78
Artist-info artist ID
91477
Artists of the World ID
10133315
Artnet artist ID
david-bomberg
Artsy artist ID
david-bomberg
AskArt person ID
9000600
Athenaeum person ID
8010
Auckland Art Gallery artist ID
207
BNB person ID (OBSOLETE)
BombergDavid1890-1957
Benezit ID
B00022322
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14970059c
Bridgeman artist ID
647
British Council artist ID
bomberg-david-1890
British Museum person or institution ID
20122
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
bomberg-david
CANTIC ID
981061331645706706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf12028661
Christie's creator ID
12786
DACS ID (2022)
007278
DACS ID (former)
1990bd9d-ff55-e011-b454-002264c49834
Discogs artist ID
2380617
DoME artist ID
36
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/David-Bomberg
Europeana entity
agent/base/61623
FAST ID
14422
Find a Grave memorial ID
220271773
Freebase ID
/m/0170cc
Frick Art Research Library Artist File ID
991004002059707141
Geni.com profile ID
6000000070582311897
Google Arts & Culture entity ID
m0170cc
Grove Art Online ID
T009782
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
8602
ICCD agent ID
3f758e165e4977947a2ae56acd9e50e1
IPI base code
I-003342922-8
IdRef ID
028709713
Invaluable.com person ID
sfjs1quz25
IxTheo authority ID
07974043X
Le Delarge artist ID
837_artiste_BOMBERG_Davidj
Libraries Australia ID
35020075
Met Constituent ID
86799
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
651
NE.se ID
david-bomberg
NL CR AUT ID
zmp20201076417
NLA Trove people ID
794343
NSK (VIAF) ID
000122852
NSK ID
981005774182909366
NUKAT ID
n02084472
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
david-bomberg
National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
851
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007312271105171
National Library of Lithuania ID
LNB:C3rq;=B5
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810633111205606
National Library of Portugal ID
1599764
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID (BNE v1.0)
XX5309801
National Portrait Gallery (London) person ID
mp00472
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
070333092
Open Library ID
OL1109374A
Open Plaques subject ID
480
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography ID
37206
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803095516439
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
19194
PictoRight ID code
DA-03386
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
12660
RERO ID (legacy)
A003021779
RKDartists ID
10211
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
12672
SBN author ID
VEAV052060
SNAC ARK ID
w60p46cn
Tabakalera ID
51441
Tate artist ID
david-bomberg-777
Te Papa agent ID
246
Thyssen-Bornemisza artist ID
79
UK National Archives ID
F57572
Union List of Artist Names ID
500014864
Vatican Library VcBA ID
495/171864
WikiArt ID
david-bomberg
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJmXHhkY74fJ6GBHPDFMyd
YCBA agent ID
654
Yale LUX ID
person/521563a1-cb03-41b9-ba81-4a0eedf6ee85
🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 36
Israel Museum, National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, National Portrait Gallery, Ashmolean Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Imperial War Museum London, London Museum +28 more
Occupation 3
artist, painter, draftsperson
Field of work 2
painting, visual arts
Copyright representative 1
Tate
Country of citizenship 1
United Kingdom
Educated at 1
Slade School of Fine Art
Employer 1
London South Bank University
Given name 1
David
Influenced 1
Frank Auerbach
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
English
Military branch 1
British Army
Movement 1
vorticism
Participated in conflict 1
World War I
Place of birth 1
Birmingham
Place of death 1
London
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

David Bomberg was born on December 5, 1890[1], in Birmingham[2]. He died on August 19, 1957[3], in London[4]. He worked as a painter[5], artist[6], and draftsperson[7].

Why It Matters

He has been cited as an influence by Frank Auerbach[25], a painter[26], 1931–2024[27], of United Kingdom[28], specialised in visual arts[29].

FAQs

Where was David Bomberg born?

David Bomberg's place of birth was Birmingham[2].

Where did David Bomberg die?

David Bomberg died in London[4].

What did David Bomberg do for work?

David Bomberg worked as a painter[5], artist[6], and draftsperson[7].

Where did David Bomberg go to school?

David Bomberg was educated at Slade School of Fine Art[13] and Westminster School of Art[14].

Who did David Bomberg influence?

David Bomberg has been cited as an influence by Frank Auerbach[25].

Related Entities

Art Gallery of New South Wales Art Gallery of South Australia Ashmolean Museum Fitzwilliam Museum Frank Auerbach Israel Museum London Museum of Modern Art National Gallery National Gallery of Victoria National Museum Cardiff National Portrait Gallery Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum United Kingdom visual arts

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [11] ↑ . Czech National Authority Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [5] ↑ . The Fine Art Archive. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [6] ↑ . Le Delarge. Retrieved . workwithdata.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . Find a Grave. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [1] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [3] ↑ . RKDartists. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . International Standard Name Identifier. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. 11w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-08-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bibliothèque nationale de France ID → 14970059c
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  2. 20w ago · Sj1mor · 2026-06-14 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Plaque image → DAVID BOMBERG 1890-1957 Painter lived and worked here 1928-1
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  3. 21w ago · Bargioni · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → David
    Artist files at → Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Frick Art Research Library, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library +1
    On focus list of Wikimedia project → WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot/Frick Art Reference Library
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