CLARE WOODS THE UNQUIET HEAD

DRUID LANDSCAPE

DRUID LANDSCAPE

C1938 Paul Nash (1889 − 1946)

Nash first visited Avebury in 1933. The site contains the largest complex of Neolithic stone circles and avenues in England. Nash’s attention was caught by one particular standing stone that became the subject of this painting and Stone Tree. At the time of his visit the site was still wild and untended: some stones were half covered by grass, others entangled or overgrown in the copse but the colouring and pattern, the patina of golden lichen, all enhanced the strange forms and mystical significance for the artist.

  • Accession Number P37
  • Dimensions 58.5 x 40.5 CM
  • Media OIL ON CARDBOARD

Glossary

  • Painting

    Work of art made with paint on a surface. Often the surface, also called a support, is a tightly stretched piece of canvas, paper or a wooden panel. Painting involves a wide range of techniques and materials, along with the artist's intellectual concerns effecting the content of a work.

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Past exhibitions

Treasure Island: British Art from Holbein to Hockney

  • 2012
    • Spain, Madrid, Fundacion Juan March

CLARE WOODS THE UNQUIET HEAD

  • 2011
    • UK, The Hepworth Wakefield

OPENING EXHIBITION

  • 2011
    • UK, The Hepworth Wakefield

ANCIENT LANDSCAPES - PASTORAL VISIONS. SAMUEL PALMER TO THE RURALISTS

  • 2008
    • UK, Falmouth, Falmouth Art Gallery
    • UK, Bath, Victoria Art Gallery
    • UK, Southampton, Southampton City Art Gallery

PAUL NASH: MODERN ARTIST, ANCIENT LANDSCAPE

  • 2003
    • UK, Liverpool, Tate Liverpool

PAUL NASH PLACES

  • 1990
    • UK, Colchester, The Minories
    • UK, Exeter, Royal Albert Memorial Museum
  • 1989
    • UK, York, York City Art Gallery
    • UK, Eastbourne, Towner Art Gallery And Museum

CONTEMPORARY BRITISH PAINTING

  • 1959
    • Mauritius, Mauritius
  • 1958
    • South Africa, Port Elizabeth, King George VI Art Gallery
    • Dar Es Salaam
    • Rhodesia, Ndola
    • Uganda, Kampala, British Council Office - Kampala
  • 1957
    • Kenya, Mombassa, Mombassa
    • Kenya, Nairobi, National Gallery And Museum
    • Zanzibar
    • Blantyre-Limbe
    • Moshi
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