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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Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall of...

Paul Nash

Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall of...

Sale Date: April 23, 2024

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Abstract Design

Paul Nash

Abstract Design

Sale Date: April 9, 2024

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SEAGULL EYE WIND WAVES

Paul Nash

SEAGULL EYE WIND WAVES

Sale Date: March 13, 2024

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Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Paul Nash

Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Sale Date: March 5, 2024

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Black Poplar Pond, 1922

Paul Nash

Black Poplar Pond, 1922

Sale Date: February 22, 2024

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Still Life II, 1927

Paul Nash

Still Life II, 1927

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Black Poplar Pond, 1922

Paul Nash

Black Poplar Pond, 1922

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Design of Arches, 1926

Paul Nash

Design of Arches, 1926

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Winter wood, 1921

Paul Nash

Winter wood, 1921

Sale Date: February 27, 2024

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Wood on the Downs

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Wood on the Downs

Sale Date: December 4, 2023

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The Strange Coast, 1920

Paul Nash

The Strange Coast, 1920

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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Wood on the Downs

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Wood on the Downs

Sale Date: December 6, 2023

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A Wood - Illustration for King Lear, Act 2..., 1926

Paul Nash

A Wood - Illustration for King Lear, Act 2..., 1926

Sale Date: November 29, 2023

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A PRIVATE WORLD, PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL..., 1931–1946

Paul Nash

A PRIVATE WORLD, PHOTOGRAPHS BY PAUL..., 1931–1946

Sale Date: November 30, 2023

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Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Paul Nash

Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Sale Date: November 23, 2023

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Dyke by the Road (Postan W25), 1922

Paul Nash

Dyke by the Road (Postan W25), 1922

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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The Bay (Postan W27), 1922

Paul Nash

The Bay (Postan W27), 1922

Sale Date: October 17, 2023

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SILBURY HILL, 1938

Paul Nash

SILBURY HILL, 1938

Sale Date: October 4, 2023

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Wood on the Downs

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Wood on the Downs

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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Empire Marketing Board, 1930

Paul Nash

Empire Marketing Board, 1930

Sale Date: September 20, 2023

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The Sluice (P. L8), 1920

Paul Nash

The Sluice (P. L8), 1920

Sale Date: September 22, 2023

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Winter Wood, 1922

Paul Nash

Winter Wood, 1922

Sale Date: August 30, 2023

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NASH (PAUL), BROWNE (THOMAS) Urne Burial and the

Paul Nash

NASH (PAUL), BROWNE (THOMAS) Urne Burial and the

Sale Date: June 21, 2023

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Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Paul Nash

Die Walkure, the Valkyrie's home; The Hall..., 1925

Sale Date: September 5, 2023

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