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)
Design of flowers, 1926

Paul Nash

Design of flowers, 1926

Sale Date: December 20, 1995

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Pond and trees, 1925

Paul Nash

Pond and trees, 1925

Sale Date: November 22, 1995

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Thatched cottages, Souldern, 1924

Paul Nash

Thatched cottages, Souldern, 1924

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Study for landscape of beached objects, 1935

Paul Nash

Study for landscape of beached objects, 1935

Sale Date: November 21, 1995

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Sickle and nest

Paul Nash

Sickle and nest

Sale Date: November 15, 1995

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Cattle and creeping things, 1924

Paul Nash

Cattle and creeping things, 1924

Sale Date: November 4, 1995

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Landscape, 1920

Paul Nash

Landscape, 1920

Sale Date: October 11, 1995

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Tree group, 1919

Paul Nash

Tree group, 1919

Sale Date: September 12, 1995

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Tree group, 1919

Paul Nash

Tree group, 1919

Sale Date: June 26, 1995

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Monuments, 1932

Paul Nash

Monuments, 1932

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Night window, 1930

Paul Nash

Night window, 1930

Sale Date: June 21, 1995

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Eileen Stansfield demanding the vote, 1912

Paul Nash

Eileen Stansfield demanding the vote, 1912

Sale Date: June 20, 1995

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Willow pond, 1925

Paul Nash

Willow pond, 1925

Sale Date: April 27, 1995

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The fish and fowl, 1924

Paul Nash

The fish and fowl, 1924

Sale Date: April 12, 1995

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Landscape

Paul Nash

Landscape

Sale Date: March 8, 1995

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Sickle and nest

Paul Nash

Sickle and nest

Sale Date: March 8, 1995

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The leigh woods, 1942

Paul Nash

The leigh woods, 1942

Sale Date: March 7, 1995

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View from the trenches

Paul Nash

View from the trenches

Sale Date: December 14, 1994

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Midsummer night, landscape of the vale, 1944, 1944

Paul Nash

Midsummer night, landscape of the vale, 1944, 1944

Sale Date: November 23, 1994

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Mirror and window 1924, 1924

Paul Nash

Mirror and window 1924, 1924

Sale Date: November 22, 1994

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Marianne

Paul Nash

Marianne

Sale Date: November 22, 1994

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Sun rays from Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, 1944

Paul Nash

Sun rays from Cleeve Hill, Cheltenham, 1944

Sale Date: November 22, 1994

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Easter Sunday

Paul Nash

Easter Sunday

Sale Date: October 26, 1994

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House by the Sea, 1922

Paul Nash

House by the Sea, 1922

Sale Date: October 20, 1994

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