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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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Two very different artists this week, ten weeks in and we are still getting new names for the list , thank you for your suggestions.  This weeks artist's are : Paul Nash and Desmond Morris .   Alan Bickley will introduce Paul Nash and on Wednesday lunch time Michael Edwards will introduce his choice Desmond Morris. Have a good week and enjoy these two excellent artists. 

Alan Bickley

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Excellent, I’ll sort out a short intro and a couple of examples in the morning!

Alan Bickley

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Paul Nash (1889 – 1946) was a British surrealist painter and war artist. He was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century and played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art. He entered the Slade School of Art where he concentrated on his love of landscape painting.
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Michael Edwards

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I'm not a lover of his war time paintings which are, by their nature, somewhat sombre and not the best of contenders for the 'would I hang it on my wall' test.  However I do love his style which excels in his landscapes as in the last of Alan's examples above where the colours, shapes and composition come together as one. 

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Denise Cat

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I've have come across his work and was very impressed by it. I liked his Spring in the Trenches, very much and his style of painting.  His paintings are very interesting, the war art are my favourite and his other paintings are all appealing. Voyages of the Moon, another one I really like.

Alan Morris

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Paul Nash visited my home town of Swanage on many many occasions from the age of 11, his last visit being in 1946 just days before his death.  During his times in Swanage he produced a number of Surrealist “seaside” works and was responsible for editing the Shell Guide to Dorset.  His most important works in Swanage were done between 1934 and 1936.   White cliff farm The new pier Swanage.

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Jenny Harris

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These are some of his which I like most, especially the third one which Alan had already selected but in a different colourway.  Overall, though, I do prefer the work of his younger brother, John.

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Paul (Dixie) Dean

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I shall have a good look at his paintings , they do look a lot like his brothers so much that  I could get them mixed up. 

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Sylvia Evans

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His landscapes are wonderful.

Tessa Gwynne

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I do like Paul Nash’s  work and his landscapes are easy on the eye. I’ve chosen a few more here. I also appreciate ( not sure that ‘like’ is the word because of the subject matter obviously) his war pieces. I wonder is there still such a person as a ‘war artist’ or do we now rely totally on photography? Seeing some of these recent discussions on artists, a few of whom have become war artists, and the current war in Ukraine brings home what a horrendous job it must be.

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Alan Bickley

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Just a reminder that we are discussing Paul Nash and not his brother John. Tessa referred to John above, but she has posted some excellent images from Paul.

Tessa Gwynne

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Oops yes thanks Alan! I did look at both to have a comparison. Put it down to age… I’ve now amended my original.

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