Artist: Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982)
Nationality: English
Movement: Abstract Art
Media: Painting
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Biography:
Born to artistic parents, Ben Nicholson studied at the Slade School for a short time, but did not commit himself to painting until 1920. Beginning with landscapes and still-life, he gradually turned to abstract art, joining avant-garde groups, the Seven and Five Society, Unit One, and the Abstraction-Creation circle. His paintings initially were Cubist representations of figurative objects, but under the influence of Modrian, Nicholson began to favor non-objectivity and geometric pattern. After an earlier marriage, he wed fellow artist Barbara Hepworth and moved to St. Ives, Cornwall in 1939 to found their well-known artists’ colony.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (40)
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Charles Willson Peale - Mrs. John Nicholson (Hannah Duncan) and John Nicholson, Jr. 1790 oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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Charles Willson Peale - John Nicholson 1790 Oil on canvas The Art Institute of Chicago American
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William Nicholson, H. M. The Queen, 1898
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William Nicholson, Kipling, 1898
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William Nicholson, The Shire Horse, 1904
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William Nicholson, Sarah Bernhardt, 1898
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William Nicholson, Henrik Ibsen, circa 1900
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: V is for Villain, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: Y is for Yokel, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: X Xylographer, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: O for Ostler, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: P for Publican, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: Q is for Quaker, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: R is for Robber, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: S for Sportsman, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: T for Trumpeter, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: W for Waitress, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: U for Urchin, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: N for Nobleman, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: A Was An Artist, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: B for beggar, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: C is for Countess, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: D is for Dandy, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: E is For Earl, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: G for Gentleman, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: H for Huntsman, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: I for Idiot, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: J for Jockey, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: K is for Keeper, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: L is for Lady, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: M for Milkmaid, 1898
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William Nicholson, An Alphabet - 26 plates: And Z for Zoologist, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Coster, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Sandwich-Man, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Hawker, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Guardsman, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Bluecoat Boy, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: News-boy, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Barmaid, 1898
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William Nicholson, London Types: Lady, 1898

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (15)
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Sheffield Galleries and Museum Trust, Graves Art Gallery: Winifred Nicholson

The exhibition includes paintings which illustrate the whole of Nicholsons career, from early landscapes to later explorations of prismatic colour. Her subjects are landscapes, flowers, still lifes and figures, but above all they are paintings ...
City Gallery Wellington, 360-Michael Hirschfeld Gallery: aH'Ha: A Michael Nicholson Studio Installation
Michael Nicholson's art aspires to the condition of music, writes Gregory O'Brien. He is an abstract painter with an obsessive interest in the real. Like Len Lye, he has been greatly influenced by jazz. His video works translate sound to image ...
Kettle's Yard Gallery: Ben Nicholson: Chasing Out Something Alive'
The reliefs, carved in hardboard and painted, show Nicholson at his most abstract and austere. By contrast, the drawings of landscapes , buildings and still lifes find him at his most intimate, witty and spontaneous, recording the journeys he ...
Australian Center for Photography: PHOTO TECHNICA AWARD for NEW AUSTRALIAN PHOTO-ARTIST of the YEAR

This year's judges will be Isobel Crombie, Senior Curator of Photography, National Gallery of Victoria, Jonathan Morris, Publisher, 3D World Publishing and Alasdair Foster, Director, Australian Centre for Photography. Artists included are:
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Appleton Museum of Art: 20th Century Masterworks from the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), Toronto
Until now, this collection has not been available for loan during the 100-year history of the AGO. Following their exhibition at Appleton, these masterworks will return to Toronto and be re-installed in the AGO permanent collection galleries. The ...
Canberra Contemporary Art Space: Perfect Strangers: Denis Beaubois, Deej Fabyc, Alex Kershaw, Sandy Nicholson, Deborah Ostrow, Elvis Richardson, Silvia Velez, Justene Williams
Perfect Strangers stages a set of encounters between the individual, private figure and public space. Who do we become in the public register of photography - the register of memory and...
Armory Art Center: Class Action - Works by 2001 Masters Artist Workshop Presenters
The Armory Art Center, founded in 1986, is the Palm Beaches’ leading visual arts education and exhibition center. Housed in the historic Palm Beach County National Guard Armory Building in the heart of culturally revitalized West Palm Beach, t...
Textile Museum of Canada: e-textiles: Work of 11 Prominent Artists from Canada, the United States, Australia and Japan.
Participating artists are Junichi Arai (Japan); Lia Cook (USA); Frances Dorsey (Canada); Emily DuBois (USA); Laura Foster Nicholson (USA); Ruth Scheuing (Canada); Cynthia Schira (USA); Liz Williamson (Australia); Hideo Yamakuchi (Japan); and B...
Kettle's Yard Gallery: Kettle's Yard Open 2002
Artists include: Jeremy Andrews , Alexandra Baraitser, Jutta Bastian, Susan Dalladay, Matt Davis, Mark Edwards, Neil Henderson , Frances Kearney, Jonathan Keep, David Kefford , Graham Murrell, Elspeth Owen, Martha Winter, Simon Whitnall, Fiona Saf...
Tate Gallery, Liverpool: Figurative Art at the End of the Century
Many of these works have only just been acquired by the Tate and are on show in Liverpool for the first time. Together, they create a powerful spectacle and raise issues ...
City Gallery Wellington, 360-Michael Hirschfeld Gallery: John Drawbridge - Wide Open Interior
John Drawbridge has been a leading figure in New Zealand printmaking since his return from study in England and Europe in the mid-1960s. His paintings are less well known but equally impressive. Wide Open Interior is the first exhibition to p...
Tate St. Ives: Antony Gormley: Some of the Facts
The sculptures are dramatic installations that explore the connection between physical and metaphysical self and the body in relation to history and place. Field was made by a group of volunteers who were invited by Gormley...
Cambridge Galleries: Daniel Olson: Small World
Daniel Olson was born in Los Angeles in 1955. He attended high school and post-secondary education in Nova Scotia where he completed university degrees in mathematics, architecture and visual arts. Olson studied visual arts at the N...
Tate Liverpool: Modern British Art : The Tate Collection
Modern British Art begins with Free Time, a section exploring the relationship between art and leisure before the First World War. For many young artists, modern life with its cafes, dancing, music halls and spectator sports, suited the advanced t...
Estate Project for Artists with AIDS: First-time Ever Exhibition from Innovative Databank
A national exhibition program has been launched, with the first venue being Parsons School of Design, a division of the New School University, of an upcoming exhibition drawn from The Virtual Collection. The Estate Project’s Director, Patrick M...

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