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Ben Nicholson Biography
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1894 |
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Born in Denham, Buckinghamshire (son of artist Sir William Nicholson)
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1903 - 1910 |
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Educated at Heddon Court and at Gresham Court
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1910 - 1911 |
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Studied at the Slade School of Fine Art
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1912 - 1914 |
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Travelled in France, Italy and Spain
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1917 - 1918 |
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Lived in Pasadena, California
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1933 |
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Co-founded Unit One, with Henry Moore, Barbara Hepworth, Edward Burra, Paul Nash and Edward Wadsworth, among others
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1924 - 1935 |
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Member of the 7 & 5 Society
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1937 |
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Together with Naum Gabo and Leslie Martin, edited Circle: International Survey of Constructivist Art
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1943 - 1949 |
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Joins St Ives Society of Artists and exhibits with them
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1949 |
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Founding member of Penwith Society of Arts in Cornwall
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1951 |
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Nicholson was commissioned to paint a mural for the Festival of Britain
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1952 |
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Commissioned to paint a mural for the Time-Life Building in London
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1952 |
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Awarded first prize for painting at the 39th International Exhibition (Carnegie International)
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1956 |
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Won the first Guggenheim International Painting prize
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1957 |
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Won the prize for painting at the Sao Paolo Bienal
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1964 |
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Made a concrete wall relief for the Documenta III exhibition in Kassel, Germany
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1968 |
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Awarded the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth
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1958 - 1971 |
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Lived and worked in Switzerland
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1982 |
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Died in London, England
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1993
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Tate Modern, London (retrospective)
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1978
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Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo (retrospective)
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1969
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Tate Modern, London (retrospective)
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1964
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Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas (retrospective)
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1961
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Kunsthalle, Berne (retrospective)
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1955
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Tate Gallery, London (retrospective)
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1954
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Venice Biennale and Tate Modern, London (retrospective)
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1952
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Detroit Institute of Arts and the Walker Arts Centre, Minneapolis (retrospective)
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1944
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Leeds Art Gallery (retrospective)
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1936
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Cubism and Abstract Art, Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1935
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‘Artists against Fascism’, London
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1935
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‘Exposition internationale d’art moderne,’ Brussels
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1932
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Lefevre Gallery, London
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1932
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Arthur Tooth and Sons, London
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1931
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Bloomsbury gallery, London
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1928
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Lefevre Gallery, London
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1927
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Beaux Arts Gallery, London
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1924
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Twenty-one Gallery, London (solo)
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1923
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Joint exhibition with Winifred Nicholson at Patterson’s gallery, London
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1922
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Adelphi Gallery, London (solo)
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