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Ben Nicholson

Color does not exist except in applied painting, but as the heart of an idea.

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Ben Nicholson was born in 1894 in Denham, England. He was born into a family and a world entirely dedicated to art. Ben Nicholson had a vision… of a semester at the Slade School in London then of traveling to Paris, Spain, the United States, and designing. The 1920’s will be his most important period of experimentation. His first solo exhibition is organized in 1922 in London. He does his . . .

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Original signed etching de Nicholson Ben : Urbino
Urbino
1965 Original etching, aquaforte, signed in pencil by the artist. Lafranca n°1, Lewison n°27
Original signed etching de Nicholson Ben : Jug and Goblet
Jug and Goblet
1967 Original etching, signed and dated in pencil, published by François Lafranca, Locarno. Lafranca n° 54
Etching de Nicholson Ben : Glass topped bottle
Glass topped bottle
1962 Original etching, signed in pencil. Unknown

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)

Catalogue(s) raisonné(s)
*« Works since 1911 », 2 Vol., Percy Lund, P. Lund & Humphries & Co Publishers, New York, 1973 *« Die Radierung », W. Schmalenbach, Ed. Lafranca, Locarno, 1983 *« Monographie », N. Lynton, Londres, 1993 All the "catalogues raisonnés"

Bibliographic track & more

To read about the artist :
  • « Ben Nicholson », C. Harrison, Tate Publishing, 1969
  • « B. N., fifty years of his art », S. A. Nash, Albright-Knox Gal., Buffalo, 1978
  • « The early prints of B. N. », J. Lewison, in Print Quaterly vol. 2 n°2, 1984
  • « Ben Nicholson », J. Lewison, Albin Michel, Paris, 1991
  • « L'art en Angleterre : 1945-1995 », S. Bonn, Nouvelles Ed. françaises, Paris, 1996
  • « Ben Nicholson », N. Lynton, Phaidon Press, Londres, 1993, rééd. 1998
  • « Ben Nicholson », P. Koroche, Lund Humphries, Aldershot, 2002
  • « Ben Nicholson », C. Stephens, Tate Publishing, 2008
  • «The St Ives artists », M. Bird, Lund Humphries Publishers, 2008
  • « Ben Nicholson: Intuition and order », C. Neve, Bernard Jacobson Ed., 2013
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Website :
www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/nicholson

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Mouvements de l'art

  • + UNIT ONE GROUP / 1933 / Edward Burra, Paul Nash, etc.
  • + ABSTRACTION-CREATION / 1931-1938 / Etienne Béothy, Frantisek Kupka, Piet Mondrian, Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Georges Vantongerloo, etc.
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