Poppies in Pewter
About this artwork
Nicholson first came to prominence in the 1890s with his brother-in-law James Pryde, as the poster designers ‘The Beggarstaff Brothers’. From 1902 Nicholson concentrated on painting and became celebrated for his portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Following the death of his first wife Mabel Pryde, William Nicholson married the painter Edith Stuart Wortley in 1919 and they moved to Sutton Veny in Wiltshire four years later. This prompted a change in Nicholson’s style: he employed lighter colours and used a palette knife as well as a brush. This still life is an example of this later style.
Updated before 2020
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artist:Sir William Nicholson (1872 - 1949) English
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title:Poppies in Pewter
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date created:About 1933 - 1934
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materials:Oil on wood
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measurements:41.10 x 32.90 cm; Framed: 59.50 x 51.40 x 3.50 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Bequeathed by Dr R.A. Lillie 1977
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accession number:GMA 1931
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gallery:
Sir William Nicholson
Sir William Nicholson
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...