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Paul Nash

Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art.

Born in London, Nash grew up in Buckinghamshire where he developed a love of the landscape. He entered the Slade School of Art but was poor at figure drawing and concentrated on landscape painting. Nash found much inspiration in landscapes with elements of ancient history, such as burial mounds, Iron Age hill forts such as Wittenham Clumps and the standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire. The artworks 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, originally in a formalized, decorative style but, throughout the 1930s, in an increasingly abstract and surreal manner. In his paintings he often placed everyday objects into a landscape to give them a new identity and symbolism.

During World War II, although sick with the asthmatic condition that would kill him, he produced two series of anthropomorphic depictions of aircraft, before producing a number of landscapes rich in symbolism with an intense mystical quality. These have perhaps become among the best known works from the period. Nash was also a fine book illustrator, and also designed stage scenery, fabrics and posters.

He was the older brother of the artist John Nash.

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Bomber Lair – Egg and Fin

Bomber Lair – Egg and Fin (1940)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
The Orchard

The Orchard (1922)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Whitley Bombers Sunning

Whitley Bombers Sunning (1940)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Wooded Landscape

Wooded Landscape (circa 1942-43)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Landscape of the Moon’s First Quarter

Landscape of the Moon’s First Quarter (1943)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Dyke by the Road

Dyke by the Road (1922)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Leda

Leda (1925)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
A Shell Crater

A Shell Crater (1918)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Mineral Objects

Mineral Objects (1935)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Oxenbridge Pond

Oxenbridge Pond (1927-28)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Souvenir of Florence

Souvenir of Florence (1929)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Tortured Earth (Mud)

Tortured Earth (Mud) (1917-18)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Design for a bookplate for Kenneth Fitzpatrick Mackenzie

Design for a bookplate for Kenneth Fitzpatrick Mackenzie (ca. 1909)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
The Door to a Garden

The Door to a Garden (c.1925)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
Landscape of the Wittenham Clumps

Landscape of the Wittenham Clumps (1946)

Paul Nash (English, 1889-1946)
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