Ben Nicholson
Classified as:
- Author
- Artist
Key facts:
- Life: 1894 - 1982
- Country: United Kingdom
- Gender: male
- Books: 9
- Series Books: 1
- Artworks: 94
- Author Period Covered: 1969 - 2019
Movements
There are 32 artworks by Ben Nicholson linked to an art movement:
Movement | Artworks | Distribution % | |
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St Ives School | 13 | 40.62 | |
Unit One | 12 | 37.50 | |
Seven and Five | 2 | 6.25 | |
Constructivism | 2 | 6.25 | |
Surrealism | 1 | 3.12 | |
Abstraction-Création | 1 | 3.12 | |
Cubism | 1 | 3.12 |
Media and materials
Ben Nicholson used 51 distinct media and materials:
Medium | Artworks | |
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Etching on paper | 18 | |
Oil paint on board | 9 | |
Oil paint and graphite on canvas | 7 | |
Oil paint on canvas | 4 | |
Oil paint and graphite on board | 3 | |
Intaglio print on paper | 3 | |
Etching | 2 | |
Gouache on paper on board | 2 | |
Graphite on paper mounted on oil paint on board | 2 | |
Oil paint and relief print on paper | 2 | |
Painted wood | 2 | |
Graphite and watercolour on paper mounted on board | 1 | |
Gouache and pencil on board | 1 | |
Lithograph on paper | 1 | |
Gouache on board | 1 | |
Lithograph | 1 | |
Drypoint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure | 1 | |
Oil paint, graphite, paper doily and printed paper on canvas | 1 | |
Oil on board mounted on painted wood | 1 | |
Woodcut on paper | 1 | |
Graphite and watercolour on paper | 1 | |
Pencil, wash and gray granular material | 1 | |
Oil paint and graphite on paper mounted on board | 1 | |
Graphite on paper | 1 | |
Lithograph from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut | 1 | |
Gouache and pencil on board mounted on painted wood frame | 1 | |
Graphite and gouache on board | 1 | |
Oil and pencil on boards mounted on painted plywood | 1 | |
Oil paint and graphite on wood on board | 1 | |
3 works on hardboard, oil paint | 1 | |
Oil paint and graphite on paper on board | 1 | |
Oil paint, graphite and plaster on plywood | 1 | |
Oil paint, graphite and gesso on hardboard | 1 | |
Oil paint on mahogany | 1 | |
Oil paint and gesso on canvas | 1 | |
Plaster on wooden base | 1 | |
Oil paint on hardboard on plywood | 1 | |
Ink and oil paint on paper mounted on hardboard | 1 | |
Oil paint on hardboard on blockboard | 1 | |
Oil paint on pavatex mounted on board | 1 | |
Graphite and oil on paper on hardboard | 1 | |
Oil paint and ink on paper | 1 | |
Felt-tip pen and oil paint on hardboard | 1 | |
Illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure | 1 | |
Illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut | 1 | |
Oil paint and graphite on paper | 1 | |
Watercolour, oil paint, graphite and ink on paper | 1 | |
Oil wash and pencil on board | 1 | |
Oil paint, gesso and graphite on board | 1 | |
Graphite and oil wash on paper mounted on painted hardboard | 1 | |
Graphite on paper mounted onto paper | 1 |
Collected by
94 artworks by Ben Nicholson are located in the following collections:
Collection | Artworks | |
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Tate Museums | 80 | |
Museum of Modern Art (New York) | 14 |
Directory of work
Explore 94 artworks by Ben Nicholson:
Title | Year | Medium |
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1921 - circa 1923 (Cortivallo, Lugano) | 1921 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
1922 (bread) | 1922 | Oil paint on canvas |
1924 (first abstract painting, Chelsea) | 1923 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
1928 (foothills, Cumberland) | 1928 | Oil paint on canvas |
1932 (Auberge de la Sole Dieppoise) | 1932 | Oil paint, graphite and plaster on plywood |
1932 (Le Quotidien) | 1932 | Oil paint on board |
1932 (painting) | 1932 | Oil paint, graphite and gesso on hardboard |
1933 (guitar) | 1933 | Oil paint on board |
1934 (relief) | 1934 | Oil paint on mahogany |
1934 project for Massine for Beethoven 7th Symphony Ballet | 1934 | Oil paint and graphite on board |
1934-6 (painting - still life) | 1934 | Oil paint and gesso on canvas |
1935 (white relief) | 1935 | Painted wood |
1936 (white relief sculpture - version 1) | 1936 | Plaster on wooden base |
1937 (relief) | 1937 | Oil paint on board |
1939-44 (painted relief) | 1939 | Oil paint on hardboard on plywood |
1943-45 (St Ives, Cornwall) | 1943 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
1945 (still life) | 1945 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
1965 (Azetaio) | 1965 | Ink and oil paint on paper mounted on hardboard |
1966 (Parthenon) | 1966 | Graphite on paper mounted on oil paint on board |
1967 (Tuscan relief) | 1967 | Oil paint on hardboard on blockboard |
1967 (nest of circles) | 1967 | Oil paint on pavatex mounted on board |
1969 (Carnac No. 1) | 1969 | Oil paint on board |
1974 (Lucignano) | 1974 | Graphite and oil on paper on hardboard |
1979 (blue) | 1979 | Oil paint and ink on paper |
2 bottles & glass | 1967 | Etching on paper |
2 sculptural forms | 1967 | Etching on paper |
20 April 1979 (vertical stripe) | 1979 | Felt-tip pen and oil paint on hardboard |
21 Etchings and Poems | 1951 | Illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure |
23 Gravures | 1930 | Illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut |
3 forms in a landscape | 1967 | Etching on paper |
62-75 (wall project) | 1962 | Oil paint on board |
66 (vertical wall) | 1966 | Oil paint on board |
68 (smiling nude) | 1968 | Oil paint and graphite on paper |
78 (16 strings) | 1978 | Watercolour, oil paint, graphite and ink on paper |
Abstract Composition | 1936 | Oil wash and pencil on board |
Aegean | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Aegean 2 | 1967 | Etching on paper |
August 1956 (Val d’Orcia) | 1956 | Oil paint, gesso and graphite on board |
Dec 10-54 | 1954 | Oil paint and graphite on wood on board |
Dec 62 (interlocking) | 1962 | Graphite and oil wash on paper mounted on painted hardboard |
Feb 1960 (ice-off-blue) | 1960 | Oil paint on board |
Feb 2-54 | 1954 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
Feb 28-53 (vertical seconds) | 1953 | Oil paint on canvas |
Feb 55 | 1955 | Oil paint and graphite on paper on board |
Feb 65 (Cascais) - project for wall with trees & water or rolling countryside trees & sea | 1965 | Oil paint on board |
Festival of Britain Mural | 1951 | 3 works on hardboard, oil paint |
Five Circles (plate, folio 35) from 23 Gravures | 1934 | Lithograph from an illustrated book with twelve etchings (one with aquatint and drypoint), five drypoints, three engravings (one with drypoint), two lithographs, and one woodcut |
Foxy and Frankie (1) | 1933 | Oil paint and relief print on paper |
Foxy and Frankie (2) | 1933 | Oil paint and relief print on paper |
Gouache 1938-42 | 1938 | Gouache and pencil on board |
Gouache 1940-43 | 1940 | Gouache on board |
Imperial Airways | 1935 | Lithograph |
In-text plate (folio 15) from 21 Etchings and Poems | 1960 | Drypoint from an illustrated book with 14 etchings (six with aquatint, four with engraving, one with drypoint), two aquatints, two engravings, two drypoints, and one photogravure |
Jan 14-65 (Capraia) - project for free standing relief wall | 1965 | Oil paint on board |
Jan 27 1933 | 1933 | Oil paint, graphite, paper doily and printed paper on canvas |
July 27-53 (ivory) | 1953 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
July 62 (cool moon) | 1962 | Oil paint and graphite on board |
June 1937 (painting) | 1937 | Oil paint on canvas |
Locmariaquer 5 | 1964 | Oil on board mounted on painted wood |
March 63 (artemission) | 1963 | Oil paint and graphite on board |
May 1962 (Urbino - footsteps in the dust) | 1962 | Graphite on paper mounted on oil paint on board |
Nov 78 (forms) | 1978 | Gouache on paper on board |
Nov 78 (strange landscape) | 1978 | Gouache on paper on board |
Oct 55 (concourse of trees, Tuscany) | 1955 | Graphite and watercolour on paper |
Oct 62 (3 circles) | 1962 | Oil paint and graphite on paper mounted on board |
Oct. 55 (Torre del Grillo, Rome) | 1955 | Graphite on paper |
Painted Relief | 1939 | Oil and pencil on boards mounted on painted plywood |
Painting 1943 | 1943 | Gouache and pencil on board mounted on painted wood frame |
Paros tree | 1967 | Intaglio print on paper |
Pisa as intended | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Pälastra | 1965 | Etching on paper |
Rafael | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Ronco | 1968 | Etching |
Ronco | 1967 | Etching on paper |
San Gimignano | 1966 | Etching on paper |
Sept 61 (Paros chapel) | 1961 | Graphite and watercolour on paper mounted on board |
Sept 8-54 (Torcello) | 1954 | Oil paint and graphite on canvas |
Siena | 1967 | Intaglio print on paper |
St Ives (yellow and white) Oct 14-51 | 1951 | Graphite and gouache on board |
St Ives from Trezion | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Turkish form | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Turkish sundial & column | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Tuscan pillars | 1966 | Etching on paper |
Two Sculptural Forms | 1968 | Etching |
Untitled | 1962 | Pencil, wash and gray granular material |
abstract | 1934 | Woodcut on paper |
abstract 1936 | 1973 | Lithograph on paper |
circa 1932 (nude) | 1932 | Graphite on paper mounted onto paper |
circa 1936 (sculpture) | 1936 | Painted wood |
glass topped bottle | 1967 | Etching on paper |
small silent siena | 1965 | Etching on paper |
small still life | 1967 | Etching on paper |
three goblets | 1967 | Intaglio print on paper |
untitled | 1967 | Etching on paper |
Main subjects
Books written by Ben Nicholson primarily cover the following subjects:
Language
The 9 editions have been published in 1 languages:
Language | Editions |
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eng | 9 |
Books & Editions
There are 9 books and 9 editions by Ben Nicholson in our database:
Series
The books written by Ben Nicholson are part of 1 series in our database:
Series | Books | |
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Modern British masters | 1 |
Source
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