NICHOLSON, BEN 1894-1982:

1894 TO 1982. BEN NICHOLSON WAS BRITAINS LEADING ABSTRACT ARTIST IN THE 20TH CENTURY. THE INFLUENCE OF HIS FATHER, THE ARTIST SIR WILLIAM NICHOLSON, HIS WIFE, BARBARA HEPWORTH, PIET MONDRIAN, AND THE NAIVE ARTIST ALFRED WALLIS, ALL HELPED TO CREATE AN ARTIST OF INTERNATIONAL STATURE AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MODERNIST MOVEMENT. HE PRODUCED SOME EXQUISITE ETCHINGS AND ENGRAVINGS, OVER A RELATIVELY SHORT PERIOD, TOTALLING ONLY ABOUT 100 IMAGES.