Paul Nash 1889-1946
Lanscape, likely Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, 1923, circa
oil on canvas
40 x 50.5 cm
15 3/4 x 19 7/8 in
15 3/4 x 19 7/8 in
signed
This painting most likely dates from Nash's years at Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire (1922-24). when he turned to the local landscape for renewed inspiration after the First World War. The...
This painting most likely dates from Nash's years at Iver Heath in Buckinghamshire (1922-24). when he turned to the local landscape for renewed inspiration after the First World War. The scene, with its rhythmic line of bare trees and undulating fields, reflects his growing fascination with the patterns and structures of nature. These interwar landscapes are significant within Nash's oeuvre: they mark the move away from wartime imagery and his earlier symbolist style towards modernist clarity of his later work. Rooted in direct observation, yet imbued with quiet lyricism, this work