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)
WOOD INTERIOR, 1918

Paul Nash

WOOD INTERIOR, 1918

Sale Date: November 22, 2016

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The Field Before the Wood, 1912

Paul Nash

The Field Before the Wood, 1912

Sale Date: November 24, 2016

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The French Farm, 1926

Paul Nash

The French Farm, 1926

Sale Date: November 24, 2016

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Toulon Harbour, 1930

Paul Nash

Toulon Harbour, 1930

Sale Date: November 24, 2016

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PIANO, 1929–1932

Paul Nash

PIANO, 1929–1932

Sale Date: September 28, 2016

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Ploughed Fields at Iden

Paul Nash

Ploughed Fields at Iden

Sale Date: June 15, 2016

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TREES, 1920

Paul Nash

TREES, 1920

Sale Date: June 14, 2016

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DAHLIAS, 1927

Paul Nash

DAHLIAS, 1927

Sale Date: June 14, 2016

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A DAWN, 1912–1913

Paul Nash

A DAWN, 1912–1913

Sale Date: June 13, 2016

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Still Life II

Paul Nash

Still Life II

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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The Bay, 1922

Paul Nash

The Bay, 1922

Sale Date: May 12, 2016

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The Raider on the Moors, 1940

Paul Nash

The Raider on the Moors, 1940

Sale Date: March 23, 2016

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RUSSELL SQUARE, 1942

Paul Nash

RUSSELL SQUARE, 1942

Sale Date: March 16, 2016

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Untitled

Paul Nash

Untitled

Sale Date: January 11, 2016

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Untitled

Paul Nash

Untitled

Sale Date: January 11, 2016

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Black Poplar Pond, 1992

Paul Nash

Black Poplar Pond, 1992

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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The Corner, 1919

Paul Nash

The Corner, 1919

Sale Date: December 10, 2015

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Objects in a Field, 1936

Paul Nash

Objects in a Field, 1936

Sale Date: November 26, 2015

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Iden, Spring

Paul Nash

Iden, Spring

Sale Date: November 17, 2015

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Hilde for Whitecliff, 2015–299

Paul Nash

Hilde for Whitecliff, 2015–299

Sale Date: October 29, 2015

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Battle of Britain, 1941

Paul Nash

Battle of Britain, 1941

Sale Date: October 21, 2015

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Still life with vase of flowers, 1923

Paul Nash

Still life with vase of flowers, 1923

Sale Date: October 21, 2015

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Oxenbridge barn, 1925

Paul Nash

Oxenbridge barn, 1925

Sale Date: October 21, 2015

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Dawn flowers, 1944

Paul Nash

Dawn flowers, 1944

Sale Date: September 30, 2015

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