Ben Nicholson
1967 (an almost green circle)
About this artwork
Nicholson’s reliefs are never strictly geometric, but instead feature curves and textured surfaces, reflecting the forms, colours and textures found in nature. Nicholson created the textured effects by scrubbing, scratching and cutting the boards, rubbing paint on and off to replicate the effects of weather and time as if they were natural objects.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Ben Nicholson (1894 - 1982) English
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title:1967 (an almost green circle)
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date created:1967
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materials:Oil on board
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measurements:Framed: 71.80 x 54.80 x 7.20 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Felicitas Vogler 2007
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accession number:GMA 4889
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
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Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson
Ben Nicholson was the eldest son of the painters William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. He did not devote himself seriously to art until 1920, the same year he married the artist Winifred Roberts. His early works were simple and traditional still lifes. In 1921 he saw an exhibition of cubist paintings...
