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Battle of Britain by Paul Nash
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Landscape at Iden by Paul Nash
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Sunrise, Inverness Copse by Paul Nash
We Are Making a New World by Paul Nash
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Fruits and Vegetables by Paul Nash
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The Raider on the Moors by Paul Nash
Worth Matravers, Dorset by Paul Nash

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About Paul Nash

British · 1889–1946

painting wrecked planes as a dead sea, serving as war artist in both World Wars, and wanting Hitler's face on propaganda postcards of his own work

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Museums45
Countries5
Largest reported holdingTate, London · 14 recorded works
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Oxfordshire Landscape - Paul Nash - Poster Oxfordshire Landscape - Paul Nash From £28.00 Landscape of the Moon's First Quarter - Paul Nash - Poster Landscape of the Moon's First Quarter - Paul Nash From £28.00 Dyke by the Road - Paul Nash - Poster Dyke by the Road - Paul Nash From £28.00 Landscape with Hedge and Distant Hills - Paul Nash - Poster Landscape with Hedge and Distant Hills - Paul Nash From £28.00 Design for Urne Buriall and Ghosts - Paul Nash - Poster Design for Urne Buriall and Ghosts - Paul Nash From £28.00 Worth Matravers, Dorset - Paul Nash - Poster Worth Matravers, Dorset - Paul Nash From £28.00 Study of Mrs. Nash - Paul Nash - Poster Study of Mrs. Nash - Paul Nash From £28.00 Winter, Hampden - Paul Nash - Poster Winter, Hampden - Paul Nash From £28.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Where did Paul Nash live?
    Paul Nash was born in London and grew up in Buckinghamshire.
  • Was Paul Nash a war artist?
    Yes, Paul Nash served as an official war artist in both World Wars, one of very few to hold that role across both conflicts.
  • Why was Paul Nash asked to become a war artist?
    Paul Nash served as an official war artist in both World Wars, but the biography and scholarly passages do not specify why he was asked to become a war artist.
  • Was Paul Nash a soldier?
    The biography does not specify that Paul Nash was a soldier, but he did serve as an official war artist in both World Wars.
  • Fun facts about Paul Nash?
    Paul Nash deliberately used the German title Totes Meer (Dead Sea) because he wanted the image made into propaganda postcards to be dropped over the Reich; he even superimposed Hitler's head onto the wrecked planes in a postcard version.
  • Paul Nash famous paintings?
    Paul Nash's famous paintings include Totes Meer (Dead Sea).
  • What was Paul Nash famous for?
    Paul Nash is famous for his painting Totes Meer (Dead Sea, 1940[8]-41). Painted from his own photographs of the site, it is one of the defining images of the Second World War, depicting wrecked German aircraft.
  • Paul Nash art movement?
    Paul Nash's later work combined English landscape with Surrealism[8].

Sources

Where to See guide aggregates verified holdings of Paul Nash's works across the following collections.

  1. [1] museum Buffalo AKG Art Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  2. [2] museum Mercer Art Gallery Used for: museum holdings.
  3. [3] museum Government Art Collection Used for: museum holdings.
  4. [4] museum Upton House Used for: museum holdings.
  5. [5] museum Ulster Museum Used for: museum holdings.
  6. [6] museum National Galleries Scotland Used for: museum holdings.
  7. [7] wikidata Wikidata: Q727643 Used for: identifiers.
  8. [8] wikipedia Wikipedia: Paul Nash Used for: biography.
  9. [9] book Hodge, Susie;, Artists at Home Used for: museum holdings.
  10. [10] book Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author, Beard, Lee, 1973- author, Butler, Adam, author; Van Cleave, Claire, author; Fortenberry, Diane, author; Stirling, Susan, author - The Art Book_ New Edition, Mini Format Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  11. [11] book Caws, Mary Ann; Wright, Sarah Bird; , Bloomsbury and France Used for: museum holdings.
  12. [12] book guggenheim-britishartnowame00wald Used for: biography, stylistic analysis.
  13. [13] book guggenheim-emergingartists100wald Used for: biography.
  14. [14] book guggenheim-picassow00nash Used for: biography.
  15. [15] book Bo Jeffares, Landscape Painting (In the History of Art) Used for: stylistic analysis.
  16. [16] book Tillyard, S. K, The impact of modernism, 1900-1920 : early modernism and the arts and crafts movement in Edwardian England Used for: stylistic analysis.
  17. [17] book Robert Hughes, The Shock of the New, 1980 Used for: biography.
  18. [18] book Charlene Spretnak (auth.), The Spiritual Dynamic in Modern Art _ Art History Reconsidered, 1800 to the Present Used for: stylistic analysis.

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