Ben Nicholson papers
1903–82
Available to view online are a selection of items from the personal papers of Ben Nicholson including writings, correspondence and photographs. The manuscripts that have been selected have been written by Nicholson over a large time frame, spanning from the mid 1930s to the early 1980s and cover Nicholson's thoughts on his own art and other artists. The digitised correspondence is between Nicholson and his father, William Nicholson. Furthermore there is a selection of photographs of Ben Nicholson with his friends and family together they provide an insight into his relationship with his father and with his family.
Also available online is correspondence from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue.
- Collection Owner
- Ben Nicholson OM 1894–1982
- Collection
- Tate Archive
- Acquisition
- Purchased by the Tate Archive from Ben Nicholson's executors in 1987.
- Reference
- TGA 8717
237 objects in this collection
- Title
- Ben Nicholson papers
- Date
- 1903–82
- Description
- Available to view online are a selection of items from the personal papers of Ben Nicholson including writings, correspondence and photographs. The manuscripts that have been selected have been written by Nicholson over a large time frame, spanning from the mid 1930s to the early 1980s and cover Nicholson's thoughts on his own art and other artists. The digitised correspondence is between Nicholson and his father, William Nicholson. Furthermore there is a selection of photographs of Ben Nicholson with his friends and family together they provide an insight into his relationship with his father and with his family.
Also available online is correspondence from Henry Moore to Ben Nicholson.
Further details on this collection are available on the archive catalogue. - Reference
- TGA 8717
Showing 1–20 of 237 objects
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, thanking him for his birthday wishes
[c.1905–7]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, featuring a sketch of a billiards game
22 November 1905
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, featuring a note from his mother Mabel underneath
13 December 1906
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, signed W.N. with sketches of a windmill on a hill and an eclipse
[25 April 1912]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, regarding William Nicholson’s portrait of Florence Phillips
29 August 1912
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, featuring sketches of a windmill and a vase of flowers
[c.September 1912]
Sir William Nicholson, Mabel Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, with a note from his mother Mabel at the bottom
[October 1912]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William regarding Arnold Bennett’s ‘The Great Adventure’ featuring a painting by William Nicholson
26 March 1913
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, featuring sketches of ‘Large still life’ and Miss Whitney in bed
11 February 1914
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William in Paris, with envelope
13 March 1914
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William featuring a sketch for Selfridge illustration of William Nicholson in costume
18 March [1914]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William featuring a sketch of a toothpick, with envelope
15 April [1914]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, wishing him a happy twentieth birthday
[c.12 April 1914]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, with envelope, regarding William Nicholson’s ‘Studio Still Life’
27 April 1914
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter from William Nicholson to his son Ben, giving his opinion on Ben’s artworks
7 October [1914]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William, near Gibraltar en route to India
10 December 1914
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William sent from the Red Sea en route to India
22 December [1914]
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter to Ben Nicholson from his father William in India, featuring sketches of bull and a street scene
11 March 1915
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter from William Nicholson to Ben Nicholson in New York
4 November 1917
Sir William Nicholson, recipient: Ben Nicholson OM Letter from William Nicholson to Ben Nicholson in USA
[5 December 1917]