Ben Nicholson 1894-1982 - ACE151.6

View of St Ives. Nicholson’s St Ives (1940-1946). Landscape sketch; film of same view. Landscape with jugs. Sketch of ship off St Ives links; film of similar view including churchyard; other sketches of subjects in the churchyard. Commentary notes that "the Cornish views were often framed in a window" with superimposed jugs and vases: More houses and landscapes with jugs and mugs superimposed including 1945 (St. Ives) (1945). Heron says "this device of the window" derives from Cubism, particularly the work of Braque and Picasso, and describes how Nicholson extended it by superimposing the jugs, etc. St Ives bay; rooftops; the rooftop cabin from which Nicholson drew many of his local views. Heron talks about Nicholson’s "restrained passion" and "work ethic". St Ives’s street; view over town and bay. Vogler talks about their move to Switzerland in 1958. Mountains, Ticino, Lake Maggiore. The Nicholsons’ house. Vogler VO talking about this "new chapter in his life". Photograph of Nicholson. Vogler with small framed painting explains how Nicholson thought out and made his reliefs; photographs of Nicholson working. Various reliefs. View of lake. Vogler on the "feeling" conveyed by the paintings.