Avebury Sentinel

Paul Nash (1889 - 1946)

Black and white photograph

1933; published 1978

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Born in Kensington, London, Paul Nash studied at the Slade School of Art (1910–11). He served with the Artists’ Rifles during the First World War and in 1917 he was appointed an Official War Artist, acclaimed for his paintings of shattered landscapes in France and Flanders. In the 1920s Nash moved to Rye, Sussex, painting bleak and ominous landscapes of the area. He began travelling abroad, visiting France regularly. In 1931 he visited New York, Washington and Pittsburgh. He founded the Unit One group in 1933 and participated in the ‘International Surrealist Exhibition’ (London, 1936). In the Second World War Nash became an Official War artist to the Air Ministry and Ministry of Information. He died in Hampshire in 1946.
  • Explore
    Places
    England, Wiltshire
    Subjects
    topography, rock formation, stone/rock, henge
    Materials & Techniques
    photograph (as object name), black & white photograph
  • Details
    Artist
    Paul Nash (1889 - 1946)
    Title
    Avebury Sentinel
    Portfolio Title
    A Private World
    Edition
    10/45
    Date
    1933; published 1978
    Medium
    Black and white photograph
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Robert Self Gallery, August 1978
    GAC number
    14232