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Studio Still Life
Bequeathed by Edward Knoblock 1945
book - non-specific
clothing and personal items
dressing gown
fine art and design, named works
fine arts and music
glove
hat
Nicholson, William, painting, ‘Palais Royal’
objects
paintbrush
reading, writing, printed matter
sculpture
<p>This unusually large still life shows an unframed painting by Nicholson of the Palais Royal in Paris, with his own studio equipment arranged around it. It was a gift from the artist to the theatre producer Edward Knoblock, who had lent him his flat in the Palais Royal. At the right there is a letter from Nicholson, saying 'My dear Knoblock, Here you are, it's the best I can do. Yours affectionately, William Nicholson'. The picture may then have been painted as a present in recognition of Knoblock's kindness.The strong eighteenth-century overtones of several of the objects, including the gilt bust and the ivory flute, suggest a conscious act of homage to Chardin.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2004</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
1 December 2011 – 4 March 2012
2012-03-04
1 December 2011 – 4 March 2012
2012-03-04
2011-12-01
Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (Middlesbrough, UK)
http://www.visitmima.com/
2011-12-01
Between Dimensions: the representation of the object
Loan-out
Studio Still Life
support: 1314 × 1626 mm
frame: 1545 × 1850 × 113 mm
Bequeathed by Edward Knoblock 1945
<p>This unusually large <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/still-life" title="Glossary definition for 'Still life'"><span>still life</span></a> shows an unframed <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>painting</span></a> by Nicholson of the Palais Royal in Paris, with his own studio equipment arranged around it. It was a gift from the artist to the theatre producer Edward Knoblock, who had lent him his flat in the Palais Royal. At the right there is a letter from Nicholson, saying 'My dear Knoblock, Here you are, it's the best I can do. Yours affectionately, William Nicholson'. The picture may then have been painted as a present in recognition of Knoblock's kindness.<br/>The strong eighteenth-century overtones of several of the objects, including the gilt bust and the ivory flute, suggest a conscious act of homage to Chardin.</p>
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2004-09-02T00:00:00
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<p><b>N05642</b> STUDIO STILL LIFE 1914</p>
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<p>Inscr. on letter, ‘30 Rue Montpensier Palais Royal Paris [as letter heading] Thursday [?] 1914 My dear Knoblock, Here you are!  it's the best I can do. Yours affectionately, William Nicholson’.
<br/>Canvas, 51 3/4×64 (131·5×162).
<br/>Bequeathed by Edward Knoblock 1945.
<br/><i>Lit:</i>
Browse, 1956, p.57.</p>
<p>Painted in Paris at the same time as the decorative <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/painting" title="Glossary definition for 'Painting'"><span>paintings</span></a> on glass commissioned by Edward Knoblock for his flat in the Palais Royal (for these see Steen, 1943, p.116). The painting shown behind the other <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/s/still-life" title="Glossary definition for 'Still life'"><span>still-life</span></a> objects depicts the Palais Royal.</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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2004-10-08T00:00:00
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book - non-specific clothing and personal items dressing gown fine art and design, named works fine arts and music glove hat Nicholson, William, painting, ‘Palais Royal’ objects paintbrush reading, writing, printed matter sculpture