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Northern Adventure
Northern Adventure

Northern Adventure

Artist (London, England, 1889 - 1946)
Date1929
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationsPaintings And Drawings
DimensionsHeight: 92.7 cm, Width: 71.6 cm
Frame Size: 110 x 89.6 x 8cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 1953 with income from the Macdonald Bequest.
CopyrightOut of copyright - CC0
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG002873
About MePaul Nash studied art at the Slade School in London amongst a distinguished class of students that included Stanley Spencer and Edward Wadsworth. During the 1930s he was responsible for establishing an artistic group called 'Unit One' which represented the avant-garde in British art. Under the influence of Cubism and Surrealism, he developed an intensely personal vision of the natural world.

'Northern Adventure' was painted at a turning point in Nash's career when he began to explore the vocabulary of Surrealism. The composition is the second version of a view from the artist's flat in London which overlooked St. Pancras Station. The strange displacement of the window in the top corner was a device used by the Surrealists and recalls the work of the Italian artist, Giorgio de Chirico.



More About Me
‘Northern Adventure’ was painted just as Nash began to explore Surrealism. This painting is of a view from his flat in London.
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