Tuesday, 17 February 2015

Great nature artists series: This is one of favourite Paul Nash paintings. Wittenham Clumps.

I love the subdued colours and the spiritual feeling of the painting. It is like stepping back in time.  Although perhaps not a nature painter in the 'true' sense of the word Nash fills the landscape with birds and you can almost hear the skylarks singing.
 The view from The Clumps was described by the artist Paul Nash, who first saw them in 1911, as "a beautiful legendary country haunted by old gods long forgotten"
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  1. Diane4 March 2015 at 07:27

    I like Paul Nash's work too, especially Wittenham Clumps. They remind me slightly of Minninglow. I love this later drawing he did of them, which contrasts with his earlier 'tighter' style: http://www.nashclumps.org/later.html

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