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1928 foothills Cumberland
Presented by Miss D. Noyes and Miss E. Noyes 1950
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<p>During the 1920s, Ben and Winifred Nicholson lived in a house close to Hadrian’s Wall in Cumberland. Their lifestyle was simple and traditional; they shared at that time a belief in Christian Science. In their art too they sought to escape the sophistication of established artists, including Ben’s father William Nicholson. Painting mostly landscape, they cultivated a deliberately naïve style which was reinforced by an encounter in 1928 with the untutored amateur painter Alfred Wallis.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
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Tate Britain (London, UK)
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Collection based display
7 July 2008 – 4 January 2009
2009-01-04
7 July 2008 – 21 September 2008
2008-09-21
2008-07-07
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2011-06-05
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Tate St Ives (St Ives, UK)
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1928
Collection based display
30 November 2012 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
30 November 2012
2012-11-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-30
Gallery 3
Collection based display
1928 (foothills, Cumberland)
support: 559 × 686 mm
frame: 700 × 826 × 73 mm
Presented by Miss D. Noyes and Miss E. Noyes 1950
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<p>During the 1920s, Ben and Winifred Nicholson lived in a house close to Hadrian’s Wall in Cumberland. Their lifestyle was simple and traditional; they shared at that time a belief in Christian Science. In their art too they sought to escape the sophistication of established artists, including Ben’s father William Nicholson. Painting mostly landscape, they cultivated a deliberately naïve style which was reinforced by an encounter in 1928 with the untutored amateur painter Alfred Wallis.</p>
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<p><b>N05951</b> FOOTHILLS, CUMBERLAND 1928</p>
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<p>Not inscribed.
<br/>Canvas, 22×27 (56×68·5).
<br/>Presented by Miss Dora and Miss Ella Noyes 1950.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> There is a Lefevre Gallery label on the back but the work seems to have been purchased direct from the artist by the donors (information supplied by the Lefevre Gallery).
<br/><i>Exh:</i> (?) <i>Paintings by Ben and Winifred Nicholson and Pottery by Staite Murray</i>, Lefevre Gallery, July 1928 (5), as ‘Foothills’.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> Hodin, 1957, pl.6.</p>
<p>One of a group of Cumbrian <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/l/landscape" title="Glossary definition for 'Landscape'"><span>landscapes</span></a> painted <i>c.</i> 1928–30, e.g. Read, I, 1948, pls.23, 25, 31, 39 and 40; this example was painted in 1928.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-10-08T00:00:00
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architecture cloud Cumbria England England, Northern farmland hill landscape places seasons townscapes / man-made features tree UK counties UK countries and regions wall weather wind winter