John Nash

ARTIST

Nash, John

1893 – 1977

Painter, mainly of landscape, in oil and watercolours, wood engraver and illustrator. Born in London, the brother of the painter Paul Nash, he worked initially as a local journalist. Encouraged by Paul, he turned to art, remaining self-taught. He exhibited with his brother at the Dorien Leigh galleries, 1913, and had his first one-man show at the Goupil Gallery, 1921. By that time Nash was established as a member of the Friday Club, LG, and Cumberland Market Group. In 1914 he started to paint in oil and this, combined with his experience with the Artists’ Rifles, led to some fine pictures when he was made an Official War Artist in 1918. Oppy Wood, Evening, and Over the Top: The 1st Artists’ Rifles at Marcoing, both in the Imperial War Museum, are amongst the most memorable war images. Nash was also an Official War Artist during World War II, when he was attached to the Admiralty. Between the wars Nash established himself as an extremely fine painter of the English landscape using a style that was less dramatic than his brother Paul’s, but nevertheless winning the support and patronage of, amongst others, John Rothenstein. In 1937 he painted a mural for the Paris Exhibition. Nash taught at Ruskin School, Oxford, 1922-27, and for two long periods before and after World War II, at the Royal College of Art. Demobilised in 1944, he lived in a country cottage, Bottengoms Farmhouse, in Wormingford, near Colchester, where he developed his expertise as a plantsman and painted the East Anglian countryside. The Tate among many public galleries holds his work. In 1951 he was elected RA, where a major show of his work was held in 1967.

Selected literature
John Rothenstein, John Nash, Macdonald & Co., 1983.

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John Nash

ARTIST

Nash, John

1893 – 1977

Painter, mainly of landscape, in oil and watercolours, wood engraver and illustrator. Born in London, the brother of the painter Paul Nash, he worked initially as a local journalist. Encouraged by Paul, he turned to art, remaining self-taught. He exhibited with his brother at the Dorien Leigh galleries, 1913, and had his first one-man show at the Goupil Gallery, 1921. By that time Nash was established as a member of the Friday Club, LG, and Cumberland Market Group. In 1914 he started to paint in oil and this, combined with his experience with the Artists’ Rifles, led to some fine pictures when he was made an Official War Artist in 1918. Oppy Wood, Evening, and Over the Top: The 1st Artists’ Rifles at Marcoing, both in the Imperial War Museum, are amongst the most memorable war images. Nash was also an Official War Artist during World War II, when he was attached to the Admiralty. Between the wars Nash established himself as an extremely fine painter of the English landscape using a style that was less dramatic than his brother Paul’s, but nevertheless winning the support and patronage of, amongst others, John Rothenstein. In 1937 he painted a mural for the Paris Exhibition. Nash taught at Ruskin School, Oxford, 1922-27, and for two long periods before and after World War II, at the Royal College of Art. Demobilised in 1944, he lived in a country cottage, Bottengoms Farmhouse, in Wormingford, near Colchester, where he developed his expertise as a plantsman and painted the East Anglian countryside. The Tate among many public galleries holds his work. In 1951 he was elected RA, where a major show of his work was held in 1967.

Selected literature
John Rothenstein, John Nash, Macdonald & Co., 1983.

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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Flower Study, mid 1930’s
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Reclining model in a blue bathing suit, circa 1930
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a Poppy Papaver Orientale
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Seated nude, three quarter view, eyes closed, circa 1930

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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a Convolvulus species
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Study of a frog and foliage
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of an Iris
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a wild rose, Rosa Acicularis, late 1940’s
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a spring garden with tulips, primroses and dwarf daffodils
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a Thorn Apple
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Campanula
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Campanula species
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a model, head and shoulders, three quarter view, chin resting on hand

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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a poppy
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of Amaryllis ‘St Josephs Lily’ (Hippeastrum Johnsonii) in a flower pot
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of Petunias

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Studies of a poppy, irises and a fox glove (Digitalis)
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a beardless Iris species
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Onions, circa 1930
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Study of a poppy
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a shell, 1930’s
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

On board, 1920’s
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of a poppy, circa 1948
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Tobacco flowers (Nicotiana) with moths

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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Study of Haworthia Attenuata, late 1940’s
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Nursery: A Happy Christmas and New Year (from John Nash)
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John Nash (1893 - 1977)

Leisure – Illustration to W H Davies’s poem “What is life, if full of care…”

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