{{Short description|English artist, musician and poet}} {{for|the American author Lawrence Rush Atkinson IV|Rick Atkinson}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} thumb|Lawrence Atkinson, ''The Lake'', Pen and watercolor on paper, circa 1915-1920 thumbnail|''Sky Pilot'' by Lawrence Atkinson for the cover of ''Wheels'', 1918. '''Lawrence Atkinson''' (1873–1931) was an English artist, musician and poet.
==Early life== Atkinson was born at Chorlton upon Medlock, near Manchester, on 17 January 1873.<ref name=Tate>''Wyndham Lewis and Vorticism''. Tate Gallery, London, 1956, p. 27.</ref> He began by moving to Paris and studying musical composition, but moved back to London and began to paint, apparently painting mainly landscapes in a style influenced by Matisse and the Fauves (almost all of these works are lost).
==Vorticism== His style changed radically when he was introduced to the work of Wyndham Lewis and the vorticists. He also wrote poetry, in a Modernist style.
==Death== Atkinson died in Paris on 21 September 1931.<ref name=Tate/>
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==External links== {{commons category|Lawrence Atkinson}} *[http://modjourn.org/render.php?id=1188500759609375&view=mjp_object ''Wheels'' at The Modernist Journals Project] *{{cite web|title=Lawrence Atkinson: a little gallery|url=https://richardawarren.wordpress.com/lawrence-atkinson-a-little-gallery/|website=richardwarren.wordpress.com|accessdate=29 September 2016|date=30 July 2011}} {{Authority control}}
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