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Ben Nicholson
Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM was an English painter and sculptor of abstract compositions, landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England.
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culture · British abstract painter (1894–1982) · painter · sculptor · designer · artist · also Ben Nicholson, Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, Ben Nicholson OM, Ben Nicolson, Nicholson
Born 10 April 1894 · Died 6 February 1982 · Q281637
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1982· 1 entry
Died 1982-02-06.
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1971· 1 entry
Separated from Vogler and moved to Cambridge
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1968· 1 entry
Received the British Order of Merit (OM)
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1957· 1 entry
And moved to Castagnola, Switzerland, in 1958
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1956· 1 entry
Won the first Guggenheim International painting prize and in 1957 the international prize for painting at the São Paulo Art Biennial
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1952· 1 entry
And in 1955 a retrospective exhibition of his work was shown at the Tate Gallery in London
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1943· 1 entry
Joined the St Ives Society of Artists
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1939· 1 entry
Living at Trezion, Salubrious Place, for 19 years
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1937· 1 entry
Was one of the editors of Circle, an influential monograph on constructivism
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1933· 1 entry
Made his first wood relief, White Relief, which contained only right angles and circles
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1928· 1 entry
With his fellow painter Christopher Wood, where he met the fisherman and painter, Alfred Wallis
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1926· 1 entry
Became chair of the Seven and Five Society
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1922· 1 entry
His work began to be influenced by Synthetic Cubism, and later by the primitive style of Rousseau
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1917· 1 entry
For an operation on his tonsils, then visited other American cities, returning to Britain in 1918
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1894· 1 entry
Born 1894-04-10.
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