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Paul Nash

Paul Nash

1889

WA-00002620

PaintingSurrealism

Representation

None documented

7

Institutional Exhibitions

68

Works in Collection

89

Assets Indexed

2

Authority-backed Facts

0

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ727643

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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No image

The Cubist Imprint

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1989

No image

Prints from Blocks: Gauguin to Now

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1983

No image

Masters of British Painting, 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1956

No image

Introduction to Modern Painting: Modern Posters

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

No image

Britain at War

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1941

No image

Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936–1937

No image

Modern Painters and Sculptors as Illustrators

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1936

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/4228
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Paul Nash was a British surrealist painter and war artist, as well as a photographer, writer and designer of applied art. Nash was among the most important landscape artists of the first half of the twentieth century. He played a key role in the development of Modernism in English art.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Movement

Surrealism

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern ArtNew York Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (68)

Flight of the Magnolia

Flight of the Magnolia

1944 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 511 x 762 x 22 mm frame: 687 x 942 x 85 mm

Wittenham Clumps

Wittenham Clumps

1943 · Oil paint and graphite on canvas

support: 633 x 757 mm frame: 710 x 835 x 55 mm

Totes Meer (Dead Sea)

Totes Meer (Dead Sea)

1940 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 1016 x 1524 mm frame: 1170 x 1680 x 97 mm

The Messerschmidt in Windsor Great Park

The Messerschmidt in Windsor Great Park

1940 · Pastel, graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 400 x 578 mm

Bomber in the Corn

Bomber in the Corn

1940 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 394 x 578 mm

London: Winter Scene, No. 2

London: Winter Scene, No. 2

1940 · Graphite and watercolour on paper

support: 289 x 394 mm

Grotto in the Snow

Grotto in the Snow

1939 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 718 x 489 mm frame: 856 x 629 x 84 mm

In the Marshes

1938 · Plant stems and bark on wood

unconfirmed: 241 x 375 mm

Three Rooms

1937 · Graphite, crayon and watercolour on paper

support: 392 x 297 mm frame: 716 x 566 x 23 mm

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Foley china

Victoria and Albert Museum

Landscape at Large

Landscape at Large

1936 · Paper, pine and shale on paper

frame: 470 x 578 x 43 mm support: 262 x 373 mm

Swanage

1936 · Graphite, watercolour and photographs, black and white, on paper

support: 400 x 581 mm frame: 535 x 634 x 22 mm

Landscape from a Dream

Landscape from a Dream

1936 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 679 x 1016 mm frame: 904 x 1242 x 115 mm

Equivalents for the Megaliths

Equivalents for the Megaliths

1935 · Oil paint on canvas

support: 457 x 660 mm frame: 627 x 835 x 80 mm

You Can Be Sure of Shell, Footballers Prefer Shell

You Can Be Sure of Shell, Footballers Prefer Shell

1935 · Lithograph

30 1/16 x 42 3/4" (76.4 x 108.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Arizona

Victoria and Albert Museum

Bizarre

Victoria and Albert Museum

Bizarre

Victoria and Albert Museum

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Artwork sources (6)

68 published of 83 catalogued · 54 with image

Tate
30 published30 img
MoMA
15 publishedof 30 catalogued4 img
Victoria & Albert
14 published14 img
Cleveland Museum of Art
4 published4 img
The Met
3 published
Art Institute Chicago
2 published2 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

The Messerschmidt in Windsor Great Park
1940 · Tate · 1 prov
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Bomber in the Corn
1940 · Tate · 1 prov
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Behind the Inn
1919 · Tate · 1 prov
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Flight of the Magnolia
1944 · Tate · 1 prov
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Pillar and Moon
1932 · Tate · 1 prov
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The Pyramids in the Sea
1912 · Tate · 1 prov
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Equivalents for the Megaliths
1935 · Tate · 1 prov
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Swanage
1936 · Tate · 1 prov
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Wittenham Clumps
1943 · Tate · 1 prov
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Lavengro and Isopel in the Dingle
1912 · Tate · 1 prov
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Record

Images

Leda (1925)

Cleveland Museum of Art

The Bull Ring, Ronda, Spain (1934)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Totems, Old Shipyard, Rye (1932)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Dyke by the Road (1922)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

The Conservatory (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

8

Movements1

Collections7

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Museum of Modern Art Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Cleveland Museum of Art

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Slade School of Fine Art

Visual Arts · 1910

Chelsea College of Art and Design

Visual Arts

St Paul's School

Visual Arts