Ponds and Barns

John Northcote Nash (1893 - 1977)

Watercolour on paper

c1948

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: USA
    City: Washington DC
    Place: British Embassy
  • About the artist
    John Nash, painter, wood engraver and illustrator was born in London, and was the younger brother of the British artist Paul Nash (1889–1946), with whom he shared his first exhibition at the Dorien Leigh Galleries in 1913. After serving with the Artists Rifles and working as Official War Artist between 1916 and 1918, John became the first art critic of the London Mercury magazine in 1919. He also taught art at the Ruskin School of Art, Oxford, and the Royal College of Art, London, during the 1920s and 30s. Although often associated with landscape painting, Nash was also a prolific book illustrator who specialised in botanical drawing and knowledge of plant types. Nash became an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1940 and a full member in 1951. He was awarded a CBE in 1964. His retrospective exhibition at the Royal Academy in 1967 was the first for a living painter.
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  • Details
    Title
    Ponds and Barns
    Date
    c1948
    Medium
    Watercolour on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 42.00 cm, width: 55.50 cm
    Acquisition
    Presented by the Hon. Mrs Wood, November 1950
    Inscription
    br: John Nash
    Provenance
    Purchased from Agnew 1950 by the Hon. Mrs Wood and presented to the Ministry of Works for the Ambassador's Residence, Washington, where her uncle Lord Bryce was HM Ambassador 1907-13.
    GAC number
    1196