Objects of lustre
Jun 17, 2020
3 minutes
BEST known in his day as a pioneering printmaker and society portraitist, Sir William Nicholson ploughed an independent furrow through the artistic fields of the earlier 20th century, conforming neither to academic convention nor the methods and interests of the Continental avant-garde.
A representational artist, he was interested in the nature of painting and was happiest doing landscapes and still lifes, in which he explored the effects of light and shadow with supreme virtuosity.
‘Beggarstaffs used collage and stencil to produce striking images’
Brought up in Newark, in Nottinghamshire (his father ran the family ironworks),studies and show his admiration for Whistler and the Glasgow Boys.
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