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Paul Nash
“I have tried … to paint trees as tho’ they were human beings”
British surrealist painter, printmaker and war artist Paul Nash was born on this day in 1889.
Nash is considered to be one of the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century, and played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art. The works that he produced during World War I are among the most iconic images of the conflict.
After the war, Nash continued to focus on landscape painting, but in an increasingly abstract and surreal manner. He found much inspiration in landscapes with elements of ancient history, such as burial mounts and Iron Age hill forts.
We have a number of engravings by Nash in our collection which can be viewed by appointment in our Western Art Print Room when we reopen.
The Wood on the Hill (Wittenham Clumps), pen and graphite on paper, 1912.
Totes Meer (Dead Sea), Paul Nash, 1940,Tate
Presented by the War Artists Advisory Committee 1946
Size: support: 1016 x 1524 mm frame: 1170 x 1680 x 97 mm
Medium: Oil paint on canvashttp://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-totes-meer-dead-sea-n05717
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In the Marshes, Paul Nash, 1938,Tate
Presented by Anthony and Anne d'Offay 1977
Size: unconfirmed: 241 x 375 mm
Medium: Plant stems and bark on wood
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-in-the-marshes-t02243
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The Colne, Paul Nash, 1925,Tate
date inscribed Bequeathed by Mrs Ernestine Carter 1984
Size: support: 392 x 575 mm frame: 580 x 745 x 25 mm
Medium: Watercolour and graphite on paper
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-the-colne-t03820
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Follow the Fuhrer Above the Clouds, 1942,Paul Nash
Medium: paper,pencil,collage
https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/follow-the-fuhrer-above-the-clouds-1942
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Circle of the Monoliths, 1938,Paul Nash
https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/circle-of-the-monoliths-1938
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Promenade II, Paul Nash, 1920,Tate
Presented by the Trustees of the Paul Nash Trust 1971
Size: image: 137 x 156 mm
Medium: Wood engraving on paper
http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/nash-promenade-ii-p01026
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Pillar and Moon, 1942,Paul Nash
Medium: oil,canvas
https://www.wikiart.org/en/paul-nash/pillar-and-moon-1942
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