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Winifred Nicholson

1893–1981

Glimpse Upon Waking 1976
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Biography

Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British painter. She was married to the painter Ben Nicholson, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the painter William Nicholson and his wife, the painter Mabel Pryde. She was the mother of the painter Kate Nicholson.

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Window-Sill, Lugano

Winifred Nicholson
1923

Quarante Huit Quai d’Auteuil

Winifred Nicholson
1935
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Moonlight and Lamplight

Winifred Nicholson
1937
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives

Flower Table

Winifred Nicholson
1928–9
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

Sandpipers, Alnmouth

Winifred Nicholson
1933
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

The Hunter’s Moon

Winifred Nicholson
1955

Recollect

Winifred Nicholson
1973
On display at Tate St Ives part of Modern Art and St Ives

Glimpse Upon Waking

Winifred Nicholson
1976

Artist as subject

The Fisherman’s Farewell

Christopher Wood
1928

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Letter to Ben and Winifred Nicholson from Ben’s father William thanking them for having him to stay at Bankshead

Sir William Nicholson, recipients: Ben Nicholson OM, Winifred Nicholson
8 July 1924

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