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Composition in White
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Ben Nicholson (1894-1982), 1934 (White Relief), 1934. Oil on wood, 71.8 x 96.5 x 3.2 cm. Tate Gallery, London
Nicholson's first relief painting was made on a trip to Paris in 1933. He continued to produce reliefs throughout his career. Nicholson was influenced by the purity of the works of Mondrian, whose studio he had visited in 1933. His friendship with Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore may also have prompted this move into three-dimensional art.
Nicholson was interested in the ways in which paintings can represent space. In the 1930s, he made shallow reliefs in which areas of different depths define actual space. In the most radical of these, colour was reduced to just white or grey to achieve a sense of purity. Depth and plain colour make the play of light and shadow an intrinsic part of the work. This emphasis was related to new ideas about living and, especially, to modern architecture, in which natural light and formal simplicity were major concerns.
Consulted sources:
1. Tate Gallery - http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?workid=10703
2. National Galleries of Scotland - http://www.nationalgalleries.org/collection/online_az/ 4:322/result/0/734?initial=N&artistId=3627&artistName= Ben%20Nicholson&submit=1
Image in low resolution. Informative purposes exclusively.
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 1 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:47 wrote:
Maby. Algo inesperado. No tiene colores pero es hermoso.
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2 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:49 wrote:
Monona. Original
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3 @ 07/10/2008 at 15:51 wrote:
Evita. No es solo blanco. Los relieves hacen interesante la obra. Un besazo ;)
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