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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Dymchurch, 1923

Paul Nash

Dymchurch, 1923

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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The Garden, 1914–1921

Paul Nash

The Garden, 1914–1921

Sale Date: November 24, 2021

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Wood on the Downs

Paul Nash

Wood on the Downs

Sale Date: November 9, 2021

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Dead Tree, Romney March, Pl. XXV from

Paul Nash

Dead Tree, Romney March, Pl. XXV from"A , 1931–1946

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Chain and Net, John Nash

Paul Nash

Chain and Net, John Nash"s home,..., 1931–1946

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Empty Market Stalls, Ceuta, Morocco -..., 1931–1946

Paul Nash

Empty Market Stalls, Ceuta, Morocco -..., 1931–1946

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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Avebury Sentinel - Totems

Paul Nash

Avebury Sentinel - Totems", old..., 1931–1946

Sale Date: October 23, 2021

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PONY THE FOOTBALLER (POSTAN W17), 1921

Paul Nash

PONY THE FOOTBALLER (POSTAN W17), 1921

Sale Date: October 19, 2021

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Mine Crater, Hill 60 (Postan L1), 1917

Paul Nash

Mine Crater, Hill 60 (Postan L1), 1917

Sale Date: June 23, 2021

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Sunset Eye, Study 5, 1945

Paul Nash

Sunset Eye, Study 5, 1945

Sale Date: June 30, 2021

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The Garden at Meadle, 1926

Paul Nash

The Garden at Meadle, 1926

Sale Date: June 8, 2021

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The Raider On The Moors (Postan L21), 1940

Paul Nash

The Raider On The Moors (Postan L21), 1940

Sale Date: April 28, 2021

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Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset, 1937

Paul Nash

Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset, 1937

Sale Date: April 29, 2021

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Spring Landscape, 1935–1949

Paul Nash

Spring Landscape, 1935–1949

Sale Date: March 16, 2021

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Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset

Paul Nash

Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset

Sale Date: February 17, 2021

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KIMMERRIDGE FOLLY, 1937

Paul Nash

KIMMERRIDGE FOLLY, 1937

Sale Date: January 27, 2021

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The Raider On The Moors (Postan L21), 1940

Paul Nash

The Raider On The Moors (Postan L21), 1940

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Mine Crater, Hill 60, Ypres Salient (Postan..., 1917

Paul Nash

Mine Crater, Hill 60, Ypres Salient (Postan..., 1917

Sale Date: December 9, 2020

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Mine Crater, Hill 60 (Postan L1), 1917

Paul Nash

Mine Crater, Hill 60 (Postan L1), 1917

Sale Date: December 15, 2020

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Passing Gibraltar, 1933

Paul Nash

Passing Gibraltar, 1933

Sale Date: December 16, 2020

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London - Winter Landscape, 1940

Paul Nash

London - Winter Landscape, 1940

Sale Date: December 7, 2020

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German Double Pillbox, 1918

Paul Nash

German Double Pillbox, 1918

Sale Date: December 7, 2020

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Haystack at Rye, 1923

Paul Nash

Haystack at Rye, 1923

Sale Date: November 18, 2020

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'The Raider of the Moors', 1940

Paul Nash

'The Raider of the Moors', 1940

Sale Date: October 20, 2020

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