Beeches in the Wind

Artist Paul Nash (London, England, 1889 - 1946)

Date1918

Mediumpen, ink and watercolour on paper

ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings

DimensionsSight Size: Height: 52.5 cm, Width: 40 cm
Frame: Height: 81.4 cm, Width: 64 cm

AcquisitionPurchased in 1940 with income from the Webster Bequest.

CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0

LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub

Object numberABDAG002872

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About MePaul Nash studied art at the Slade School in London amongst a distinguished class of students that included Stanley Spencer and Edward Wadsworth. He painted landscapes which were familiar to him and which held special significance. His paintings were usually unpopulated and even as an official war artist during the First World War he preferred to represent the chaos of war through its impact on nature.

In this watercolour painted at the end of the Great War, Nash returns to his native landscape. He represents beech trees blowing in the wind. The foliage flows and swirls like a head of hair. A favourite subject through his life, Nash developed a particular interest in trees. He wrote, 'I sincerely love and worship trees and know that they are people.'

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Paul Nash really enjoyed painting trees, here we see the treetops being buffeted around in the wind like hair on a head on a blustery day.