Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson (1889 − 1946)
Highlights
C R W Nevinson was born in London; he studied at St John's Wood School of Art and the Slade School of Fine Art, both in London. In 1912 he moved to Paris to study at the Académie Julien and where he became friendly with several avant-garde European artists. Among these were Italian painters of the Futurist movement, a movement very close in spirit to the English Vorticists. In 1914 Nevinson published a manifesto entitled Vital English Art, in which he proclaimed his belief in the strength and energy of machines, and his dislike of the genteel and tranquil art of his English predecessors. He was appointed an Official War Artist in 1917 and produced some striking images of World War I. He was one of the first artists to draw the lines from the air: from aeroplanes and observation balloons. His sketches of figures in a spare spinous style represent some of his best work: Study for a Street Acrobat in the British Council Collection is a good example.
Further reading:
C R W Nevinson, Paint and Prejudice, Methuen, London 1937
Past exhibitions
PASTEL SOCIETY CENTENARY EXHIBITION
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2000
- UK, London, Mall Galleries
DRAWING DISTINCTIONS
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2003
- Poland, Lodz, Museum Sztuki
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2001
- UK, Nottingham, Castle Museum And Art Gallery
- UK, Milton Keynes, Milton Keynes Gallery
- Russia, Nizhny Novgorod, Museum Of Fine Arts
- Russia, Moscow, Pushkin Museum Of Fine Arts
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2000
- Russia, St Petersburg, The Hermitage
- Canada, Yukon Art Gallery
- Canada, Prairie Art Gallery
- Canada, Winnipeg Art Gallery
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1999
- Canada, Timmins Museum And N E C
- Canada, Arcadia University Art Gallery
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1998
- Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, National Art Gallery
- Malaysia, Penang, Penang State Museum And Art Gallery
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1997
- USA, Phoenix, Arizona State University Art Museum
- USA, Berkeley, University Art Museum
C. R. W. NEVINSON: RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND PRINTS
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1988
- UK, Cambridge, Kettle's Yard
BRITISH DRAWINGS AND WATERCOLOURS FROM ROWLANDSON TO RILEY
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1982
- Scotland, Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong Museum Of Art
- China, Shenyang, Shenyang Art Gallery
- China, Beijing, China Art Gallery
C R W NEVINSON WAR PAINTINGS
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1972
- UK, Sheffield, Sheffield City Art Galleries
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PRINTS AND DRAWINGS FROM THE WAKEFIELD COLLECTION
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1950
- Fiji, Suva, Fiji Arts Club
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1949
- New Zealand, Hamilton, Waikato Museum Of Art & History
- New Zealand, Rotorua, Society Of Arts
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1948
- New Zealand, Auckland, Aukland City Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Wellington, National Art Gallery
- New Zealand, Napier, Napier
- New Zealand, Wanganni
- Australia, Brisbane, Queensland Art Gallery
- Australia, Art Gallery Of New South Wales
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1947
- Australia, Hobart, Hobart
- Australia, Melbourne, Melbourne Royal Exhibition Building
- Australia, Adelaide, Art Gallery Of South Australia
- Australia, Perth, Art Gallery Of Western Australia
- UK, London, Victoria And Albert Museum
