Sir William Nicholson

1872–1949

Sir William Nicholson, ‘Nude’ c.1921
Nude c.1921
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Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a wood-engraver, as an illustrator, as an author of children's books and as a designer for the theatre.

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Artworks

Sir William Nicholson, ‘Nude’ c.1921

Sir William Nicholson Nude

c.1921
N05084
Sir William Nicholson, ‘Miss Jekyll’s Gardening Boots’ 1920

Sir William Nicholson Miss Jekyll’s Gardening Boots

1920
N05548
Sir William Nicholson, ‘Mushrooms’ 1940

Sir William Nicholson Mushrooms

1940
N05267
Sir William Nicholson, ‘The Lowestoft Bowl’ 1911

Sir William Nicholson The Lowestoft Bowl

1911
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Sir William Nicholson, ‘The Hill above Harlech’ c.1917

Sir William Nicholson The Hill above Harlech

c.1917
T01047
Sir William Nicholson, ‘Silver’ 1938

Sir William Nicholson Silver

1938
N04936
Sir William Nicholson, ‘Studio Still Life’ 1914

Sir William Nicholson Studio Still Life

1914
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Sir William Nicholson, ‘Harbour in Snow, La Rochelle’ 1938

Sir William Nicholson Harbour in Snow, La Rochelle

1938
T03792
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Sketches, letters, etc.

Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM, ‘Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William at ‘Apple Tree’ regarding Kit Nicholson and Nancy Nicholson’s third child’ 24 January 1922

Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William at ‘Apple Tree’ regarding Kit Nicholson and Nancy Nicholson’s third child

24 January 1922
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Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM, ‘Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William in Paris, with envelope’ 13 March 1914

Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William in Paris, with envelope

13 March 1914
TGA 8717/1/1/1637
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Related art terms

Abstraction-Création Aesthetic movement Constructivism Analytical cubism Naive New sculpture Romanticism Seven and Five Society St Ives School Tonalism Unit One

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