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John Nash
Llangennith landscape, West Glamorgan
, watercolour by John Northcote Nashc.1955
c.1955
$8,237.65
£6,000
€7,052.59
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CHF 6,567.89
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NOK 83,055.46
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John Nash R.A.
(1893-1977)
'Llangennith landscape, West Glamorgan'
Pencil, coloured crayon and watercolour
45cm x 57cm, 70 x 81 cm (framed)
Signed lower right
John Nash was a lover of nature and dedicated his life to its appreciation and depiction. Despite engagement with artistic groups at the start of his career, notably the Cumberland Market Groupin 1915, his commitment to landscape and singular approach meant he was truly never aligned with one. Along with his brother, Paul, and close friend Claughton Pellew, among others, Nash’s work tied in a with wider revival of the Romantic English landscape watercolour tradition, based on a harking back to a bygone era of rural peace and simplicity; and a renewed interest in the spirituality within nature, born partly out of a mistrust of the modern in the years following the war.
His style became an original and unique one, Sir William Rothenstein observed that ‘by a variety of modifications of the angles of the surface of fields, of hedges, the simplifications of complex subjects such as trees – at his best he seemed even to emphasize their complexity while making them in fact more legible….and on these chosen subjects he concentrated with a serene intensity that gives his finest paintings and watercolours a place among the English masterpieces of landscape. But it was primarily his power of imbuing ordinary landscapes with a poetic aura place him, at his best, among the memorable artists of his time.’1
Nash commented on his own process ‘in looking at a landscape its abstract features appeal pretty quickly. Although representational I am primarily interested in the structure underneath, though I hope not obviously. In fact such changes as I make are based more on selection than specific alteration'. And with regard to subject, 'I am extremely interested in "close-ups", in half a haystack as much as in a wide sweep of landscape.’2
Based in Norfolk, which was his most common inspiration, Nash also portrayed and travelled all over the British Isles, notably the Gower Peninsula, which he visited on several occasions, firstly in 1939, where the present work was painted. Overlooking the town the village of Llangennith over the sea and to the Pen Pyrod (Worm's Head) headland beyond, Nash captures all of the scene’s quiet yet dramatic beauty.
Born in London in 1893, Nash worked as a journalist for a local newspaper before following his brother as an artist. In 1913 he became a member of the Friday Club, of the London Group in 1914, the Cumberland Market in 1915, the N.E.A.C. and the Society for Wood Engravers in 1921 and the Modern English Water-Colour Society in 1923. He became an Associate member of the Royal Academy in 1940, and a Member in 1951. He served with the Artists' Rifles during the First World War and became an Official War Artist in 1918. In 1922 he taught at the Oxford Ruskin School where he remained until 1927. Nash then taught at the R.C.A. from 1934 to 1940, and again in 1945 until 1957. During the Second World War he served in the Observer Corps, A retrospective exhibition of Nash's work was held in 1954 at the Leicester Galleries.
1 Sir William Rothenstein, John Nash, (London, Macdonald
Co, 1983) pp.119-122
2 Sir William Rothenstein, John Nash, (London, Macdonald
Co, 1983) p. 119
- Creator:John Nash (1893 - 1977, British)
- Creation Year:c.1955
- Dimensions:Height: 17.72 in (45 cm)Width: 22.45 in (57 cm)Depth: 0.4 in (1 cm)
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- Gallery Location:London, GB
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU2904217077652
John Nash
Born in London in 1893, Nash worked as a journalist for a local newspaper before following his brother as an artist. In 1913 he became a member of the Friday Club, of the London Group in 1914, the Cumberland Market in 1915, the N.E.A.C. and the Society for Wood Engravers in 1921 and the Modern English Water-Colour Society in 1923. He became an Associate member of the Royal Academy in 1940, and a Member in 1951. He served with the Artists' Rifles during the First World War and became an Official War Artist in 1918. In 1922 he taught at the Oxford Ruskin School where he remained until 1927. Nash then taught at the R.C.A. from 1934 to 1940, and again in 1945 until 1957. During the Second World War he served in the Observer Corps, A retrospective exhibition of Nash's work was held in 1954 at the Leicester Galleries.
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