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Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Ben Nicholson OM
Ben Nicholson OM: A Life in Abstract Art Born: April 10, 1894, Denham, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom Died: February 6, 1982, London, United Kingdom Early Life and Artistic Training Ben Nicholson was born into an artistic family; his father, Sir William Nicholson, and mother, Mabel Pryde, were both accomplished painters. This environment fostered a deep appreciation for art from a young age. He received early education at
Tyttenhangar Lodge Preparatory School, Seaford, Heddon Court, Hampstead, and Gresham's School in Holt, Norfolk. Nicholson formally studied at the Slade School of Fine Art (1910-1911), where he was a contemporary of notable artists like Paul Nash, Stanley Spencer, Mark Gertler, and Edward Wadsworth. Anecdotally, he spent considerable time playing billiards during this period, finding aesthetic appeal in the game's geometry and moveme…