biography of Ben NICHOLSON (1894-1982)

Personal data


Birth : 04/10/1894 - Denham, Buckinghamshire, England (United Kingdom)
Death : 02/06/1982 - London, United Kingdom
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United Kingdom

Family relations

Son of Mabel Pryde NICHOLSON [ 1871-1918 ]
Husband of Winifred NICHOLSON [ 1893-1981 ]

Education

1910 – 1911 : Slade School of Fine Art – Woburn Square Studios – London, United Kingdom

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting : Mixed media - Oil
Print-Multiple :
Sculpture-Volume : Construction - Relief
Drawing-Watercolor : Ink - Pencil - Watercolour

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Abstraction/Creation
British Modernists

Works

Painting (Tibetan)
Date of creation : 1946
Medium : Pencil
Materials : gouache-wash
Supports : panel
Size : 10 x 9 inch
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2004

Jacobson Howard – New York NY, United States
09/09/2004 – 10/23/2004

2002

Centre Julio González – IVAM Institut Valencià d’Art Modern/Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno – Valencia, Spain
04/25/2002 – 07/07/2002

2001

Helly Nahmad Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001

1978

Albright Knox Art Gallery – Buffalo NY, United States
1978

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden – Washington DC, United States
1978

BMA Brooklyn Museum of Art – Brooklyn, New York NY, United States
1978

1976

The Arts Club of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1976

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2007

FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Helly Nahmad Gallery – 2 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

ART2004 – The 16th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/14/2004 – 01/18/2004
Represented by : Austin / Desmond Fine Art – Pied Bull Yard 68/69 Great Russel Street – London, United Kingdom

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°30
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/09/2003 – 10/13/2003
Represented by : Bernard Jacobson Gallery – 6 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

ART2002 – The 14th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/16/2002 – 01/20/2002
Represented by : Austin / Desmond Fine Art – Pied Bull Yard 68/69 Great Russel Street – London, United Kingdom

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Crane Kalman Gallery – 178 Brompton Road – London, United Kingdom

13th Annual Works on Paper
New York NY, United States
03/02/2001 – 03/04/2001
Represented by : Sigrid Freundorfer Fine Art – 790 Madison Avenue – New York NY, United States

ART2001 – The 13th London Contemporary Art Fair
Business Design Centre – London, United Kingdom
01/17/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Austin / Desmond Fine Art – Pied Bull Yard 68/69 Great Russel Street – London, United Kingdom

Artpalmbeach – 4th Modern & Contemporary Art Fair
International Pavilion of the Palm Beaches – West Palm Beach FL, United States
01/10/2001 – 01/15/2001
Represented by : Waddington Galleries – 11 Cork Street – London, United Kingdom

2000

ART2000 – The 12th London Contemporary Art Fair
London, United Kingdom
01/19/2000 – 01/23/2000
Represented by : Austin / Desmond Fine Art – Pied Bull Yard 68/69 Great Russel Street – London, United Kingdom

1999

The 20th Century British Art Fair
Royal College of Art – London, United Kingdom
09/29/1999 – 10/03/1999
Represented by : Belgrave Gallery – 53 Englands Lane – London, United Kingdom

1939

Salon des Réalités Nouvelles
Paris, France
1939


Group exhibitions

2001

Painted in England
Crane Kalman Gallery – London, United Kingdom
10/2001

Works on paper from Acconci to Zittel
Victoria Miro Gallery – London, United Kingdom
2001

1954

27e Biennale di Venezia
Venice VE, Italy
1954

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Periodicals

2002

Arte y Parte n° 38
Santander, Spain
04/2002-05/2002

2001

FEAVER William – NICHOLSON Ben, Helly Nahmad
in: ARTnews p. 148
New York NY, United States
12/2001

Legals