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 NicholsonDora 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.

Paul Nash Artworks

Paul Nash (831 results)
Autumn landscape, 1929

Paul Nash

Autumn landscape, 1929

Sale Date: June 19, 1997

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The landscape fading, 1945

Paul Nash

The landscape fading, 1945

Sale Date: June 19, 1997

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Oasts at Owley, 1923

Paul Nash

Oasts at Owley, 1923

Sale Date: June 18, 1997

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Dorset landscape, 1935

Paul Nash

Dorset landscape, 1935

Sale Date: June 17, 1997

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Mineral objects, 1935

Paul Nash

Mineral objects, 1935

Sale Date: March 27, 1997

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Inhabited landscape, 1937

Paul Nash

Inhabited landscape, 1937

Sale Date: March 27, 1997

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Dark lake, 1921

Paul Nash

Dark lake, 1921

Sale Date: March 20, 1997

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Trees in Russell Square, 1944

Paul Nash

Trees in Russell Square, 1944

Sale Date: March 5, 1997

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Iden, spring

Paul Nash

Iden, spring

Sale Date: March 5, 1997

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A shell bursting, Passchendaele, 1918

Paul Nash

A shell bursting, Passchendaele, 1918

Sale Date: December 6, 1996

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The strange coast, 1920

Paul Nash

The strange coast, 1920

Sale Date: December 6, 1996

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Ironmaster's folly, 1941

Paul Nash

Ironmaster's folly, 1941

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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Forest, 1938

Paul Nash

Forest, 1938

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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Study for a painting: landscape from a dream, 1937

Paul Nash

Study for a painting: landscape from a dream, 1937

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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A dawn

Paul Nash

A dawn

Sale Date: November 28, 1996

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The Cerne Abbas giant, Dorset, 1934–1935

Paul Nash

The Cerne Abbas giant, Dorset, 1934–1935

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Landscape, 1918

Paul Nash

Landscape, 1918

Sale Date: November 27, 1996

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Places

Paul Nash

Places

Sale Date: October 22, 1996

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Abstract no.1, 1924

Paul Nash

Abstract no.1, 1924

Sale Date: October 12, 1996

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Riviera window abstract

Paul Nash

Riviera window abstract

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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Mountains, 1923

Paul Nash

Mountains, 1923

Sale Date: October 2, 1996

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German double pill-box, Gheluvelt, 1918

Paul Nash

German double pill-box, Gheluvelt, 1918

Sale Date: June 24, 1996

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Diving stage study, 1927

Paul Nash

Diving stage study, 1927

Sale Date: March 21, 1996

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Footballers prefer Shell

Paul Nash

Footballers prefer Shell

Sale Date: February 8, 1996

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