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)
THE EDGE OF THE WOOD

Paul Nash

THE EDGE OF THE WOOD

Sale Date: November 4, 1992

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LANDSCAPE AT FULMER, 1919

Paul Nash

LANDSCAPE AT FULMER, 1919

Sale Date: November 4, 1992

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PROMENADE NO. 1, 1921

Paul Nash

PROMENADE NO. 1, 1921

Sale Date: October 27, 1992

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TREES, 1922

Paul Nash

TREES, 1922

Sale Date: September 30, 1992

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GLOUCESTERSHIRE LANDSCAPE, 1946

Paul Nash

GLOUCESTERSHIRE LANDSCAPE, 1946

Sale Date: September 30, 1992

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STEPS AT DYMCHURCH, 1920

Paul Nash

STEPS AT DYMCHURCH, 1920

Sale Date: September 25, 1992

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BIRD;                                        , 1925

Paul Nash

BIRD; , 1925

Sale Date: August 20, 1992

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STUDY FOR LINE, ATLANTIC VOYAGE

Paul Nash

STUDY FOR LINE, ATLANTIC VOYAGE

Sale Date: July 16, 1992

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LONDON 1830

Paul Nash

LONDON 1830

Sale Date: June 10, 1992

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DAS RHEINGOLD SCENE I - DIE WALKURIE ACT III , 1925

Paul Nash

DAS RHEINGOLD SCENE I - DIE WALKURIE ACT III , 1925

Sale Date: June 9, 1992

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WALL AGAINST THE SEA, 1922

Paul Nash

WALL AGAINST THE SEA, 1922

Sale Date: May 13, 1992

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FAREWELL, 1944

Paul Nash

FAREWELL, 1944

Sale Date: May 13, 1992

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LONDON LANDSCAPE, RUSSELL SQUARE, 1942

Paul Nash

LONDON LANDSCAPE, RUSSELL SQUARE, 1942

Sale Date: May 13, 1992

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MARCH WOODS, 1932

Paul Nash

MARCH WOODS, 1932

Sale Date: March 6, 1992

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SHORE

Paul Nash

SHORE

Sale Date: February 11, 1992

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THE RAIDER ON THE MOORS

Paul Nash

THE RAIDER ON THE MOORS

Sale Date: January 16, 1992

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THE TIDE, DYMCHURCH, 1920

Paul Nash

THE TIDE, DYMCHURCH, 1920

Sale Date: December 12, 1991

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MARCHING AT NIGHT 1918, 1918

Paul Nash

MARCHING AT NIGHT 1918, 1918

Sale Date: December 12, 1991

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SUNSET EYE STUDY 5, 1945

Paul Nash

SUNSET EYE STUDY 5, 1945

Sale Date: November 20, 1991

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ALDINGTON WOODS, 1923

Paul Nash

ALDINGTON WOODS, 1923

Sale Date: November 20, 1991

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THE QUIET GARDEN, 1925–1927

Paul Nash

THE QUIET GARDEN, 1925–1927

Sale Date: November 7, 1991

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SUN RAYS FROM CLEEVE HILL, CHELTENHAM

Paul Nash

SUN RAYS FROM CLEEVE HILL, CHELTENHAM

Sale Date: November 7, 1991

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THE DESERTED BEACH, AUDIERNE, 1938

Paul Nash

THE DESERTED BEACH, AUDIERNE, 1938

Sale Date: November 7, 1991

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WINTER WOOD; ALSO THE WALL-DYMCHURCH, 1921

Paul Nash

WINTER WOOD; ALSO THE WALL-DYMCHURCH, 1921

Sale Date: October 21, 1991

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