Paul Nash

(British, 1889–1946)

Paul Nash was a British artist whose unique landscape paintings melded Surrealism, British Romanticism, and a Cézanne-like paint application. A World War I veteran, Nash often depicted the devastated battlefields of Belgium and France, as seen in his work The Menin Road (1919). “Imagine a wide landscape flat and scantily wooded and what trees remain blasted and torn, naked and scarred and riddled,” he once described. Born on May 11, 1889 in London, United Kingdom, he studied at the Slade School of Art alongside Ben Nicholson, Dora Carrington, and Stanley Spencer. In 1914, the 25 year old Nash enlisted in the British Army and was sent to the Western Front early in 1917. A few months into to his tour he was sent back to London to recover from a broken rib, during his absence the majority of his unit was killed. He returned to the Western Front as a war artist, disturbed by the destruction he saw, the artist made it his duty to convey the horror of war to the British public. After the war, Nash began using his watercolors and ink drawings from the trenches as references for oil paintings. Through the following decades, he established himself as an illustrator and painter. The artist died on July 11, 1946 in Boscombe, United Kingdom and was survived by his brother the painter John Nash. Today, his works are held in the collections of the Tate Gallery in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh, and the Art Institute of Chicago, among others.

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Bouquet, 1927

Paul Nash

Bouquet, 1927

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Pony, the footballer (illustration from..., 1921

Paul Nash

Pony, the footballer (illustration from..., 1921

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Rufus Clay, the foreigner (illustration from , 1921

Paul Nash

Rufus Clay, the foreigner (illustration from , 1921

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Joe Pentifer and son (illustration from..., 1921

Paul Nash

Joe Pentifer and son (illustration from..., 1921

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Thesiger Crowne, the mason (illustration..., 1921

Paul Nash

Thesiger Crowne, the mason (illustration..., 1921

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Tree group, 1919

Paul Nash

Tree group, 1919

Sale Date: July 12, 2011

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Self portrait (Paul Nash with his wife and..., 1920

Paul Nash

Self portrait (Paul Nash with his wife and..., 1920

Sale Date: June 23, 2011

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Wood on the downs

Paul Nash

Wood on the downs

Sale Date: May 18, 2011

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Landscape with hill, 1925

Paul Nash

Landscape with hill, 1925

Sale Date: May 25, 2011

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Landscape (study), 1933

Paul Nash

Landscape (study), 1933

Sale Date: June 16, 2011

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The two serpents (Snakes in the woodpile), 1929–1937

Paul Nash

The two serpents (Snakes in the woodpile), 1929–1937

Sale Date: June 15, 2011

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Come out to live, 1936

Paul Nash

Come out to live, 1936

Sale Date: May 12, 2011

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Prommendade no. 1, 1920

Paul Nash

Prommendade no. 1, 1920

Sale Date: March 30, 2011

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At Litlington, 1924

Paul Nash

At Litlington, 1924

Sale Date: March 23, 2011

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Sussex landscape, 1922

Paul Nash

Sussex landscape, 1922

Sale Date: March 23, 2011

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The dyke by the road, 1922

Paul Nash

The dyke by the road, 1922

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Paths into the wood, 1921

Paul Nash

Paths into the wood, 1921

Sale Date: March 3, 2011

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Sea wall

Paul Nash

Sea wall

Sale Date: March 9, 2011

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The quincunx naturally considered (from..., 1932

Paul Nash

The quincunx naturally considered (from..., 1932

Sale Date: February 16, 2011

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Souvenir of Oxford, 1932

Paul Nash

Souvenir of Oxford, 1932

Sale Date: December 16, 2010

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Spring landscape, 1919

Paul Nash

Spring landscape, 1919

Sale Date: December 15, 2010

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The quincunx naturally considered (from The..., 1932

Paul Nash

The quincunx naturally considered (from The..., 1932

Sale Date: November 30, 2010

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Winter wood, 1921

Paul Nash

Winter wood, 1921

Sale Date: November 30, 2010

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Landscape with megaliths, 1937

Paul Nash

Landscape with megaliths, 1937

Sale Date: November 30, 2010

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