Timeline

1894

Born in Denham, Buckinghamshire (son of artist Sir William Nicholson)

1903 - 1910

Educated at Heddon Court and at Gresham Court

1910 - 1911

Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art

1912 - 1914

Travelled in France, Italy and Spain

1917 - 1918

Lived in Pasadena, California

1924 - 1935

Member of the 7 & 5 Society

1933

Co-founded Unit One, with Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Edward Burra, Paul Nash and Edward Wadsworth, among others

1937

Together with Naum Gabo and Leslie Martin, edited Circle: International Survey of Constructivist Art

1943 - 1949

Joins St Ives Society of Artists and exhibits with them

1949

Founding member of Penwith Society of Arts in Cornwall

1951

Nicholson was commissioned to paint a mural for the Festival of Britain

1952

Commissioned to paint a mural for the Time-Life Building in London

Awarded first prize for painting at the 39th International Exhibition (Carnegie International)

1954

Ulisse Award

1956

Won the first Guggenheim International Painting prize

1957

Won the prize for painting at the Sao Paolo Bienal

1958 - 1971

Lived and worked in Switzerland

1964

Made a concrete wall relief for the Documenta III exhibition in Kassel, Germany

1968

Awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth

1971

Returned to England

1974

Rembrandt Prize

1982

Died in London, England