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Graham Nickson

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  • Comment: We're told Nickson has works in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, the National Gallery, Washington, DC, the Museum of Modern Art, NY, the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, and the Morgan Library and Museum, NY, among others. Evidence for each of the five, please. -- Hoary (talk) 08:54, 7 October 2022 (UTC)


Graham Nickson (born 1946) is a British artist known for large-scale figurative paintings and drawings. He was born in Lancashire, England.[1] He has lived in New York City since 1976[2] and he has been Dean of the New York Studio School since 1988, where he invented the "Drawing Marathon," a two-week program of intensive study.[2] Nickson is known for working in oils, acrylics, charcoal, and watercolor.

Education and awards

Nickson studied at the Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art, London. He was the recipient of the Prix de Rome in 1972 and the Harkness Fellowship at Yale University in 1976. In 1989 he was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] He received the Howard Foundation Fellowship from Brown University in 1980 and the Ingram Merrill Fellowship in 1993.[4] Nickson has works in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,[5] the National Gallery, Washington, DC,[6] the Museum of Modern Art, New York,[7] the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut,[8] and the Morgan Library and Museum, New York,[9] among others.

Work and exhibitions

Nickson is known for his large acrylic and oil paintings of bathers on beaches and for his watercolor sunrises and sunsets. He is represented by Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York, New York and his latest solo exhibition was in 2022, entitled "In Black and White", a collection of large black and white works as well as a large-scale colored painting.[10] In 2019, he had an exhibition at the same Gallery featuring frontal portraits in oil, "Eye Level".[11]

References

  1. ^ "Concordia 1972–78". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  2. ^ a b Samet, Jennifer (2014-07-12). "Beer with a Painter: Graham Nickson". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  3. ^ "Graham Nickson". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  4. ^ "Graham Nickson". nationalacademy.emuseum.com. Retrieved 2022-09-26.
  5. ^ "Graham Nickson". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  6. ^ "Artist Info". www.nga.gov. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  7. ^ "Graham Nickson | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  8. ^ "Study for Metamorphois II | Yale University Art Gallery". artgallery.yale.edu. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  9. ^ "Nickson, Graham". The Morgan Library & Museum. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  10. ^ "In Black and White - Graham Nickson - Exhibitions - Betty Cuningham Gallery". www.bettycuninghamgallery.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
  11. ^ "Graham Nickson - Eye Level - Publications - Betty Cuningham Gallery". www.bettycuninghamgallery.com. Retrieved 2022-10-13.