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

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Timeline

There are 94 artworks by Ben Nicholson created between 1921 and 1979 in our database:

Movements

There are 32 artworks by Ben Nicholson linked to an art movement:

Movement Artworks Distribution %
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
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
Tate Museums 80
Museum of Modern Art (New York) 14

Directory of work

Explore 94 artworks by Ben Nicholson:

Title Year Medium
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

Language

The 9 editions have been published in 1 languages:

Language Editions
eng 9

Series

The books written by Ben Nicholson are part of 1 series in our database:

Series Books
Modern British masters 1

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