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- Sir William Nicholson
- James Ferrier Pryde, 1866 - 1941. Artist
- Published 1897
- PG 2963
- Scottish Art
- Sir William Nicholson
- Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1860 - 1937. Author
- 1904
- PG 1438
- On Display
- Scottish Art
- Portrait of the Month
- Sir William Nicholson
- The Lustre Bowl
- 1911
- GMA 4103
Sir William Nicholson (English, 1872 - 1949)
William Nicholson was the son of a wealthy Nottinghamshire industrialist. He trained in London at Herkomer's School alongside the Scottish students, Mabel and James Pryde, in 1888-89. After a year in Paris at the Académie Julian, he and James Pryde, as the 'Beggarstaff Brothers', collaborated on well-known series of posters. Although influential, this work was not commercially successful. From around 1900, encouraged by Whistler, Nicholson turned to painting in oils and became a successful portrait painter. He married Mabel Pryde in 1893, their eldest son, Ben Nicholson, became one of the leading figures of modern British art.
