#bennicholson

by Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson, Still Life, 1945

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https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/49987

http://www.moma.org/collection/works/71090

https://collections.artsmia.org/art/61478/

This afternoon I had the pleasure of taking one of the artist’s friends around the exhibition ‘Ben Nicholson: From the Studio’. It was great to get her insights and to see her evident pleasure at seeing old friends again. “Far-sinating” she declared in a voice we rarely hear today. Apparently Ben Nicholson listened to ‘amorphous music’ when he was in the studio. It was also provided an opportunity to get away from meetings and emails to have a proper look at works such as ‘1932 (Boque)’ kindly loaned by @artscouncilcollection . This is often read in terms of the influence of Cubism and Nicholson’s appreciation of Georges Braque. The ACC catalogue says that this table-top still life is painted on board, but in fact it’s on canvas nailed into board, giving it a hard object-quality with a surface effect achieved by scraping the paint back. I think the word is actually ‘Bocquet’ the brand name of a mustard made in Yvetot, Normandy (the T covered by a cup). At that time Nicholson was making trips to France and he was apparently inspired by seeing shop signs in Dieppe. #bennicholson #bennicholsonfromthestudioexhibition #pallanthousegallery #modernbritish (at Pallant House Gallery) https://www.instagram.com/p/CSFKcpboJMk/?utm_medium=tumblr

Art - Ben Nicholson’s white relief 1935 Ben Nicholson was, with his second wife Barbara Hepworth, a leading figure in the international modern movement in Britain. With artists in continental Europe and North America such as Mondrian, Moholy-Nagy and Calder they worked together to achieve and promote an art that was abstract, synthesised with architecture and design. In defiance of the increasingly antagonistic nationalism engulfing Europe, position was explicitly internationalist and utopian. The compositional quietude of Nicholson’s white reliefs provided an aesthetic model for a possible social harmony . . . . . Photograph @tate #art #tategallery #minimalist #reliefart #gallery #artgallery #bennicholson #midcentury #neutralhome #neutralstyle #aestheticart #midcenturyhome #vintagefinds #vintagehome #curatedvintage #conscioushome #interiordesign #interiorstylist #homedecor #sustainableliving #vegan #plantbased #crueltyfree #igvintage #vogueliving #arthome #vintagevibes #shopvintage #shopsustainable https://www.instagram.com/p/CIMffMppdwh/?igshid=jwd3kz6e1qhu