Landscape From a Dream. Paul Nash 1889-1946 - ACE073.3

Photograph of Nash. "I want to expand yet do not see my way. I feel my work must take a definite move, but in what direction?" Assorted watercolours of flowers and plants in pots including Cactus (1928). Driftwood on beach. Landscapes. Huts near the beach. "I began to discover the significance of the so-called ‘inanimate object’." Paintings of fences and garden buildings, etc. Nash’s Surrealist period. "Apples have had their day." Northern Adventure (St Pancras) (1929). Two more paintings. Photograph of Nash with camera. "My reputation as a photographer is growing alarmingly…" Photograph Atlantic Voyage (1931). Other nautical subjects including Harbour and Room (1932-1936). Photographs of natural phenomena – stones, trees, etc.; Earth, Sky (1937). Dry-stone wall and fields; aerial views of land and sea. "My interest in stones began with the discovery of the Avebury megaliths...". Photographs from the 1930s. Landscape of the Megaliths (1937), Equivalents for the Megaliths (1935), Landscape Composition (Objects in Relation) (1934), Mineral Objects (1935). Swanage. Event on the Downs (1934). "Beyond the boundary hedges, the Downs, threaded with juniper and other scrub, mounted to the spine of the great headland that arched up against the blue sky..." Fields, cliffs, sea, etc. Aerial views of chalk cliffs and stacks at Ballard Head and Harry Rocks, etc.; aerial views of landscape, Maiden Castle; early photographs of finds. Painting. More aerial views. Aerial shots of Chesil Bank, sea, etc. Trees. Stone seats. Photographs including some of Ballard Head and Harry Rocks. Landscape from a Dream (1936-1938) and other paintings.