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INTRODUCTION Jerry Bywaters
In a time of phrenetic action painting, unrestrained expres-
sionism and extroversive pop art, it is a rewarding experience
to contemplate the non-violent but evocative work of the
English artist Ben Nicholson. Although he is something of
an individualist, a "loner", and manages to avoid both the
press and pressures of the art world, he is, nevertheless,
readily acknowledged to be one of the leading contemporary
painters with an international reputation, and he represents
the consolidation of the best qualities of the strongest move-
ments in modern art.
Nicholson's work has not been as widely exhibited in the
United States as that of other leading artists, and this exhibi-
tion, while not presuming to be an extensive retrospective,
does aim to provide a group of paintings carefully chosen to
represent the evolution of the career of this singular painter.
Nicholson defies classification - and this is surely much to
his liking, explaining both the highly individualistic qualities
of his work as well as the reason why fashionable art move-
ments have found him hard to exploit or even build a "school"around. He is both objective and non-objective, with the
latter quality probably dominating his approach. His work is
always in the classic tradition of painting rather than being
decorative or romantic. He is a geometrician, mathematician
and scientist, manipulating architectural shapes and spaces.
But he also manages to infuse this calculated work with a
serenity of spirit and richness of mood. During the past
decade or more, each painting has become a creative entity,
existing on its own, reflecting the paraphernalia of reality
and the experiences of life, but achieving unique identity
(1) Still Life with jugs, 1929
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