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Ben Nicholson
St Ives Artists Series
Virginia Button
Code: 0066049
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Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the greatest British artists of the twentieth century, first coming to international prominence with his famous 'white reliefs' of the 1930s. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain, he played a significant role in the European avant-garde, forming close links with Picasso, Braque, Arp, Mondrian and others.
At the same time he had a strong sense of tradition, maintaining a life-long attachment to landscape and still-life. Central to the establishment of a modernist community in St Ives, Nicholson's importance as a disseminator of avant-garde ideas in Britain cannot be overstated. His career spanned more than sixty years and embraced carved reliefs, paintings, drawings and prints.
Virginia Button's engaging, fully-illustrated survey provides a detailed account of Nicholson's life and work, giving new insights into the evolving practice of this major artist over a period of six decades.
At the same time he had a strong sense of tradition, maintaining a life-long attachment to landscape and still-life. Central to the establishment of a modernist community in St Ives, Nicholson's importance as a disseminator of avant-garde ideas in Britain cannot be overstated. His career spanned more than sixty years and embraced carved reliefs, paintings, drawings and prints.
Virginia Button's engaging, fully-illustrated survey provides a detailed account of Nicholson's life and work, giving new insights into the evolving practice of this major artist over a period of six decades.
171 x 240 mm
Paperback
80 pp
Over 60 colour illustrations
ISBN 13: 978 185437 6657
£ 8.99
Paperback
ISBN 9781854376657