Kate Nicholson (July 1929 – 18 April 2019) was an English painter and the daughter of artist

Ben Nicholson Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, Order of Merit, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract art, abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscape and still-life. Background and training Nicholson was ...

and his first wife, the artist

Winifred Nicholson ''From Bedroom Window, Bankshead'', date unknown, private collection. Typical of Nicholson's impressionist work, combining still life with landscape. Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts; 21 December 1893 – 5 March 1981) was a British p ...

Biography

Born at Bankshead, Banks, Cumberland in 1929, Nicholson was a pupil at Claremont College during

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, which had evacuated to Wales. Nicholson studied at the

Bath Academy of Art Bath School of Art and Design is an art college in Bath, England, now known separately as Bath School of Art and Bath School of Design. It forms part of the Bath Spa University whose main campus is located a few miles from the City at Newton P ...

from 1949 to 1954 where she was a pupil of

Peter Lanyon George Peter Lanyon (8 February 1918 – 31 August 1964) was a British painter of landscapes leaning heavily towards abstraction. Lanyon was one of the most important artists to emerge in post-war Britain. Despite his early death at the age ...

, a St Ives artist and friend of her father and her stepmother

Barbara Hepworth Dame Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth (10 January 1903 – 20 May 1975) was an English artist and sculptor. Her work exemplifies Modernism and in particular modern sculpture. Along with artists such as Ben Nicholson and Naum Gabo, Hepworth was a leadi ...

. She taught art at Totnes High School for two years before she moved to St Ives herself in 1957 and became a member of the

Penwith Society of Arts The Penwith Society of Arts is an art group formed in St Ives, Cornwall, England, UK, in early 1949 by abstract artists who broke away from the more conservative St Ives School. It was originally led by Barbara Hepworth and Ben Nicholson, a ...

. She painted alongside her mother in the 1960s and 1970s, the two often visiting Greece together, as well as North Africa, and to the Isle of Eigg in the Hebrides in 1980. In addition to Kate and her parents, the Nicholson family also produced other artists, including her grandparents, William Nicholson and

Mabel Pryde Mabel Scott Lauder Pryde (12 February 1871 – July 1918) was a Scottish artist, the wife of artist William Nicholson, and the mother of artists Ben Nicholson and Nancy Nicholson and the architect Christopher 'Kit' Nicholson. Life She was ...

, aunt

Nancy Nicholson Annie "Nancy" Mary Pryde Nicholson (1899–1977) was an English painter and fabric designer. Early life Born Annie Mary Pryde Nicholson, she was the only daughter of the artists Sir William Nicholson and Mabel Pryde. She had three brothers, ar ...

, and half-brother Simon Nicholson, and half-sister painter Rachel Nicholson, as well as architect Christopher Nicholson, her uncle. Nicholson died in 2019, aged 89.

Solo exhibitions

* 1959 Waddington Gallery * 1962 Waddington Gallery * 1966 Marjorie Parr Gallery * 1968 Marjorie Parr Gallery * 1970 Marjorie Parr Gallery * 1972 Mignon Gallery, Bath * 1974 Northern Arts Gallery, Newcastle * 1975 LYC Museum and Art Gallery * 1981 LYC Museum and Art Gallery * 1985 Wills Lane Gallery, St Ives * 2013 Belgrave Gallery, St Ives * 2016 Belgrave Gallery, St Ives * 2019 Falmouth Art Gallery

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Kate Nicholson, paintings in Kettle's Yard collection
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholson, Kate 1929 births 2019 deaths English women painters

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21st-century British women artists 21st-century English women 21st-century English people

Biography

Solo exhibitions

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Further reading

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