(b London, 11 May 1889; d Bournemouth, Hampshire, 11 July 1946). English painter, book illustrator, writer, photographer, and designer. Nash was one of the most individual British artists of his ...

(b Great Shelford, Cambridgeshire, 25 Dec. 1917; d London, 20 Jan. 1957). British painter, illustrator, and designer. In 1938–9 he spent a year in Paris, sharing a studio with Michael Ayrton. Among ...

Kurt Schwitters (1887–1948) is particularly known for his association with Dada, his Merz collages and the transformation of the Merzbau interiors of his home in Hanover. He left Nazi Germany in 1937 ...

There is something rather majestic and captivating about peacocks, or to be more precise, the male peacock. When its blue-green iridescent feathers are fanned out, it’s a sign of courtship and a way ...

The award-winning Falmouth Art Gallery houses one of the most important art collections in Cornwall, featuring works by major artists including Sir Frank Brangwyn, RA, Sir Edward Burne-Jones, Tacita ...

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British painter. He was born at Greenock, Scotland, of Irish and Scottish parents and was brought up in Ulster. He studied at Belfast College of Art, 1928–31, and the *Royal Academy, 1931–5. In 1937–9 ...

Write on Art is an annual national writing competition sponsored by Art UK and the Paul Mellon Centre to encourage an interest in art history and art writing among young people. Find out more about ...

The twentieth century was a time of unprecedented freedom of expression in art, where new visual languages broke time-honoured rules. This newfound creative autonomy bought with it a number of ...

Artists sometimes make art from unexpected objects - things we don't think of as art materials that originally had another function or purpose. These objects are called 'found objects'. Found objects ...