William Nicholson (1872-1949) is among the most admired and elusive painters in the history of British art. In the first four decades of the 20th century, Nicholson explored the genres of portraiture, landscape, and still life with exceptional inventiveness, wit, and technical skill. His distinctive paintings were neither academic nor modernist, and his aversion to art groups and his reluctance to make public pronouncements about art have made it difficult to place his work within the main narratives of 20th-century art history. The breadth of Nicholson's works in oil is revealed for the first time in this lavishly illustrated catalogue raisonne.

Author and scholar Patricia Reed offers detailed entries for each of Nicholson's oil paintings, along with a comprehensive chronology of his life. The art historian Wendy Baron gives a context for Nicholson in British art at the beginning of the 20th century, and the painter and critic Merlin James celebrates the virtuosity and subtlety of Nicholson's painting technique. This magnificent and substantial catalogue brings to the fore Nicholson's vast achievement in oils.

Distributed for Modern Art Press, Ltd.

About the Author
Patricia Reed is an independent art historian and the principal scholar on the oil paintings of William Nicholson.

Reviews
"[S]umptuous."-William Feaver, Art News -- William Feaver * Art News *
Shortlisted for the 2013 Historians of British Art Book Prize in the Multi-Author category, given by the Historians of British Art. -- 2013 Historians of British Art Short List in the Multi-Author category * Historians of British Art *
Winner of the 2012 Spear's Book Award as an outstandingly produced book, award is sponsored by Harbottle & Lewis. -- Spear's Book Award * Harbottle & Lewis *



Book Information
ISBN 9780300170542
Author Patricia Reed
Format Hardback
Page Count 672
Imprint Yale University Press
Publisher Yale University Press
Weight(grams) 3765g