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Lot Essay
One of William Nicholson's earliest surviving works, probably dating from 1892 and painted at Newark in Nottinghamshire. Nicholson had recently returned from a brief spell at the Acad©emie Julian in Paris and appreciated being back in England, although not perhaps having to live with his parents in Newark. He had a studio at the bottom of the garden of the family home in London Road and executed a number of small studies, such as The Dandelion Field and Girl in a Chair (with his cousin as the model). He continued to make painting expeditions into the Nottinghamshire countryside as he had always done, ever since he had had his first painting lessons with William Cubley (1814-1896) whose portrait he painted around this time (Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery).
It was in this year that Nicholson first exhibited with the New English Art Club as a non-member at their 9th exhibition held in London in November 1892. He chose to show a work entitled Landscape, No 13 in the catalogue, and priced at £10; it was unsold and is untraced.
These other early studies Nicholson gave to members of his family, but Landscape with Farmhouse he kept, possibly because he had wanted to rework the painting. It was among several works that he later gave to his mistress, Marie Laquelle. (A portrait of her was sold at Christie's, London, 3 March 1989, lot 331, Le Dejeuner de Marie). In 1939 she asked Nicholson to sell these works on her behalf and this particular painting later resurfaced at the Leger Galleries in 1951.
We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for providing the catalogue entry to this lot and also lot 51.
It was in this year that Nicholson first exhibited with the New English Art Club as a non-member at their 9th exhibition held in London in November 1892. He chose to show a work entitled Landscape, No 13 in the catalogue, and priced at £10; it was unsold and is untraced.
These other early studies Nicholson gave to members of his family, but Landscape with Farmhouse he kept, possibly because he had wanted to rework the painting. It was among several works that he later gave to his mistress, Marie Laquelle. (A portrait of her was sold at Christie's, London, 3 March 1989, lot 331, Le Dejeuner de Marie). In 1939 she asked Nicholson to sell these works on her behalf and this particular painting later resurfaced at the Leger Galleries in 1951.
We are very grateful to Patricia Reed for providing the catalogue entry to this lot and also lot 51.