Tyros and writing (1918–1929) thumb|260px|Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro, self-portrait, 1921 After the war, Lewis resumed his career as a painter with a major exhibition, Tyros and Portraits, at the Leicester Galleries in 1921. "Tyros" were satirical caricatures intended to comment on the culture of the "new epoch" that succeeded the First World War. A Reading of Ovid and Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro are the only surviving oil paintings from this series. Lewis also launched his second magazine, The Tyro, of which there were only two issues. The second (1922) contained an important statement of Lewis's visual aesthetic: "Essay on the Objective of Plastic Art in our Time".Tyro, scans of the publication at The Modernist Journals Project website. It was during the early 1920s that he perfected his incisive draughtsmanship.
Tyros and writing (1918–1929) thumb|260px|Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro self-portrait 1921 After the war Lewis resumed his career as a painter with a major exhibition Tyros and Portraits at the Leicester Galleries in 1921 "Tyros" were satirical caricatures intended to comment on the culture of the "new epoch" that succeeded the First World War A Reading of Ovid and Mr Wyndham Lewis as a Tyro are the only surviving oil paintings from this series Lewis also launched his second magazine The Tyro of which there were only two issues The second (1922) contained an important statement of Lewis's visual aesthetic "Essay on the Objective of Plastic Art in our Time"Tyro scans of the publication at The Modernist Journals Project website It was during the early 1920s that he perfected his incisive draughtsmanship