Wyndham Lewis: 'Toxic scrutiny'

Self-Portrait (1911). Lewis studied in Paris for four years and was influenced early in his career by cubism, particularly the possibilities it offered for stark simplification Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro (1921). 'Tyros' were satirical, caricatured figures intended by Lewis to comment on the culture of the 'new epoch' that followed the First World War Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Portrait of the Artist as the Painter Raphael (1921). This work shows how Lewis laid claim to a tradition stretching back to Renaissance Italy, but also drew associations with the famous engraving of Shakespeare, whose 'serene and empty countenance' he admired Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Ezra Pound (1920). Like Pound's, Lewis's artistic reputation has been damaged by his right-wing associations and beliefs. The two men were friends and Pound managed Lewis's literary affairs while he served in the First World War Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Dame Rebecca West (1932). West and Lewis shared mutual respect. He published one of her short stories in his magazine, Blast, and in 1918 she reviewed very favourably his first novel, Tarr, comparing some of his characterisation to that of Dostoyevsky Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Edith Sitwell (1923-35). Sitwell claimed she had to visit Lewis six days a week for ten months while he painted her portrait for the second time between 1921 and 1923. Following Lewis's debt-evading flit from his studio in Kensington, this piece remained unfinished until 1935 Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Froanna (Portrait of the Artist’s Wife), (1937). Froanna was a nickname for Gladys Hoskins, who married Lewis in 1930. They met at a party while she was working in an aeroplane factory. Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Froanna (1944). This intense, atmospheric portrait was drawn in pencil and chalks on blue paper bought from a drugstore during the Lewises' time in America Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

TS Eliot (1938). This is the first of two portraits of the poet undertaken by Lewis (the second was produced in 1949). When presented at the Royal Academy in London, the painting was rejected because its background was considered distasteful Photograph: © The Estate of Mrs G A Wyndham Lewis; The Wyndham Lewis Memorial Trust

Photograph of Wyndham Lewis taken outside the Royal Academy in London after the rejection of the TS Eliot portrait in 1938. Augustus John resigned from the committee in protest, prompting a press furore Photograph: Fox photos/Hulton Archive