11
March 2027

Paul & John Nash: Brothers in Art

Welcome to The Arts Society Vale of Aylesbury
Thursday, March 11, 2027 - 10:00
The Spread Eagle Hotel Thame OX9 2BW
Online Event

Paul and John Nash emerged as artists at the same time, exhibiting their work in a joint exhibition in 1913.

 

Growing up together in the shadow of their mother's illness, Paul and John Nash emerged as artists at the same time, exhibiting their work in a joint exhibition in 1913.  The following year they both enlisted in the Artists' Rifles, and both served on the Western Front before working together as war artists.  Both subsequently explored wood engraving and book illustration, but otherwise their art moved in different directions and, while remaining close, they each sought to distance themselves from the tag of 'the Nash brothers'.  It could be the plot of a novel, but every word of this intriguing, personal story of brotherly love, strife and competition is true.

 

James Russell
Having studied History at Pembroke College, Cambridge, James Russell enjoyed a lengthy stint selling contemporary paintings and sculpture in Santa Fe, New Mexico, an experience that inspired him to begin writing and lecturing on 20th Century art. Of his dozen or so books, one was a Sunday Times book of the year, whilst his writing has been described as ‘insightful’, ‘informative’ and ‘enjoyably readable’. James has curated major exhibitions for museums around the country.