Winifred Nicholson

Winifred Nicholson was an English painter, a colourist who developed a personalized impressionistic style that concentrated on domestic subjects and landscapes. In her work, the two motifs are often combined in a view out of a window, featuring flowers in a vase or a jug. Her interest in painting started early in life. She attended the Byam Shaw Art School. Nicholson married the artist Ben Nicholson in 1920. There were three children of the marriage, including Kate Nicholson, who also became an artist. Winifred exhibited at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London, along with Ben Nicholson, Christopher Wood, and the potter Staite Murray 1927. When hanging the exhibition Winifred fell through a trapdoor and seriously injured her back while pregnant. She was taken to hospital and it was thought she will... Show more