Metadata : Correspondence to Nora Meninsky (wife of Bernard Meninsky) from John, Margaret and Paul Nash
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Tate Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tate Archive
- Postal address:
- Tate BritainMillbank London United Kingdom SW1P 4RG
- Web address:
- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- Tate Archive
- Holding institution (official language):
- Tate Archive
- Postal address:
- Tate BritainMillbank London United Kingdom SW1P 4RG
- Web address:
- https://www.tate.org.uk/art/archive
- Reference number:
- TGA 831
- Title:
- Correspondence to Nora Meninsky (wife of Bernard Meninsky) from John, Margaret and Paul Nash
- Title (official language):
- Correspondence to Nora Meninsky (wife of Bernard Meninsky) from John, Margaret and Paul Nash
- Creator/accumulator:
- Nash, John
- Nash, Paul
- Nash, Margaret
- Date(s):
- 1935/1967
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Scope and content:
- John Nash's friendship with Nora Meninsky dates from 1923. This collection of letters, written mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, are particularly affectionate. They are full of domestic news about his wife Christine, his health, holidays and trips, his enjoyment of his garden, fishing and music. There are occasional references to his painting, particularly the Arts Council commission for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and his teaching. Unless otherwise stated the letters from John Nash are written from Bottengoms Farm, Wormingford, Colchester. The collection also includes a telegram from Margaret Nash with details of the funeral arrangements for Paul Nash, and four postcards from Paul Nash.The dancer Nora Meninsky (nee Edwards), was the second wife of the artist Bernard Meninsky. They married in 1927.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- John Northcote Nash (11 April 1893 – 23 September 1977) was a British painter of landscapes and still-lives, and a wood engraver and illustrator, particularly of botanic works. He was the younger brother of the artist Paul Nash.
- Paul Nash (11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946) was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art.Born in London, Nash grew up in Buckinghamshire where he developed a love of the landscape. He entered the Slade School of Art but was poor at figure drawing and concentrated on landscape painting. Nash found much inspiration in landscapes with elements of ancient history, such as burial mounds, Iron Age hill forts such as Wittenham Clumps and the standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire. The artworks he produced during World War I are among the most iconic images of the conflict. After the war Nash continued to focus on landscape painting, originally in a formalized, decorative style but, throughout the 1930s, in an increasingly abstract and surreal manner. In his paintings he often placed everyday objects into a landscape to give them a new identity and symbolism.During World War II, although sick with the asthmatic condition that would kill him, he produced two series of anthropomorphic depictions of aircraft, before producing a number of landscapes rich in symbolism with an intense mystical quality. These have perhaps become among the best known works from the period. Nash was also a fine book illustrator, and also designed stage scenery, fabrics and posters.He was the older brother of the artist John Nash.
- Access points: locations:
- Colchester
- Access points: persons/families:
- Meninsky, Nora
- Nash, John
- Nash, Margaret
- Nash, Paul
- Subject terms:
- Art
- Art--Artists
- Correspondence
- Access, restrictions:
- Open.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see http://archive.tate.org.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqServer=tdc-calm&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27TGA%20831%27)
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Reference number:
- TGA 831
- Title:
- Correspondence to Nora Meninsky (wife of Bernard Meninsky) from John, Margaret and Paul Nash
- Title (official language):
- Correspondence to Nora Meninsky (wife of Bernard Meninsky) from John, Margaret and Paul Nash
- Creator/accumulator:
- Nash, John
- Nash, Paul
- Nash, Margaret
- Date(s):
- 1935/1967
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 1 folder
- Scope and content:
- John Nash's friendship with Nora Meninsky dates from 1923. This collection of letters, written mostly in the 1950s and 1960s, are particularly affectionate. They are full of domestic news about his wife Christine, his health, holidays and trips, his enjoyment of his garden, fishing and music. There are occasional references to his painting, particularly the Arts Council commission for the Festival of Britain in 1951, and his teaching. Unless otherwise stated the letters from John Nash are written from Bottengoms Farm, Wormingford, Colchester. The collection also includes a telegram from Margaret Nash with details of the funeral arrangements for Paul Nash, and four postcards from Paul Nash.The dancer Nora Meninsky (nee Edwards), was the second wife of the artist Bernard Meninsky. They married in 1927.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- John Northcote Nash (11 April 1893 – 23 September 1977) was a British painter of landscapes and still-lives, and a wood engraver and illustrator, particularly of botanic works. He was the younger brother of the artist Paul Nash.
- Paul Nash (11 May 1889 – 11 July 1946) was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art.Born in London, Nash grew up in Buckinghamshire where he developed a love of the landscape. He entered the Slade School of Art but was poor at figure drawing and concentrated on landscape painting. Nash found much inspiration in landscapes with elements of ancient history, such as burial mounds, Iron Age hill forts such as Wittenham Clumps and the standing stones at Avebury in Wiltshire. The artworks he produced during World War I are among the most iconic images of the conflict. After the war Nash continued to focus on landscape painting, originally in a formalized, decorative style but, throughout the 1930s, in an increasingly abstract and surreal manner. In his paintings he often placed everyday objects into a landscape to give them a new identity and symbolism.During World War II, although sick with the asthmatic condition that would kill him, he produced two series of anthropomorphic depictions of aircraft, before producing a number of landscapes rich in symbolism with an intense mystical quality. These have perhaps become among the best known works from the period. Nash was also a fine book illustrator, and also designed stage scenery, fabrics and posters.He was the older brother of the artist John Nash.
- Access points: locations:
- Colchester
- Access points: persons/families:
- Meninsky, Nora
- Nash, John
- Nash, Margaret
- Nash, Paul
- Subject terms:
- Art
- Art--Artists
- Correspondence
- Access, restrictions:
- Open.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue see http://archive.tate.org.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqServer=tdc-calm&dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo==%27TGA%20831%27)
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
