Landscape of the Vernal Equinox (III)
About this artwork
This painting depicts Wittenham Clumps, an ancient British camp in Berkshire. The Clumps can be seen in the background; they are two dome-shaped hills with a thick clump of trees on top. Nash had been familiar with the area for many years, since spending family holidays nearby from 1909. He painted the Clumps in a series of dream-like works, three of which present the vernal (or spring) equinox, with the sun and moon depicted simultaneously in the sky. These paintings were intended as poetic metaphors, referring to the mystery and magic of the perpetual cycles of nature.
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title:Landscape of the Vernal Equinox (III)
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date created:1944
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materials:Oil on canvas
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measurements:63.50 x 76.20 cm; Framed: 80.60 x 93.40 x 8.30 cm
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credit line:Purchased 1961
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accession number:GMA 774
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artwork photographed by:Antonia Reeve
Paul Nash
Paul Nash
English artist Nash was born in London. He was an Official War Artist for both the First and Second World Wars, and is well known for his powerful images of No Man's Land, painted during the First World War. Nash produced many paintings of the English countryside, in which he attempted to capture...