Winifred Nicholson | Colourist painter

Rosa Winifred Nicholson (née Roberts, 1893-1981) was a British painter.

She was married to the painter Ben Nicholson, and was thus the daughter-in-law of the painter William Nicholson and his wife, the painter Mabel Pryde.

She was the mother of the painter Kate Nicholson.

Winifred Nicholson was a colourist who developed a personal impressionistic style, concentrating on domestic still life objects and landscapes.

She often combined the two subjects as seen in her painting From Bedroom Window, Bankshead showing a landscape viewed through a window, with flowers in a vase in the foreground.

Born in Oxford, she attended the Byam Shaw School of Art.

Participated in extensive mixed exhibitions throughout her life, initially as Winifred Roberts, her maiden name.

She married the painter Ben Nicholson in 1920 and had her first solo show at the Beaux Arts Gallery, London, as Winifred Nicholson in 1927.

Was a member of the Seven and Five Society 1925-1935 and the NEAC 1937-1943.

Was the mother of the painter Kate Nicholson.

Contributed to Circle, International Survey of Constructive Art, in 1937, designed a "constructive" fabric for Alastair Morton’s Edinburgh Weavers in the same year, as Winifred Dacre, and under the same name showed four abstract works in an Exhibition of Constructive Art at the London Gallery.

Until late in life she travelled widely, showing pictures of Cumbria, Cornwall, the Hebrides, France, Greece, and North Africa.

Her later work was concerned with prismatic colour experiments.

Exhibited internationally, and her pictures are held by many public galleries including The Tate, Bristol, Kettle’s Yard, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Adelaide and Melbourne.

Lived at Brampton, Cumbria. A major exhibition toured from the Tate in 1987-1988, and there was one at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, in 2001 and Crane Kalman offered Unseen Works on Paper, 2002-2003.

In 2003, Dean Gallery, Edinburgh, assembled Winifred Nicholson in Scotland. Winifred Nicholson: A Cumbrian Retrospective was at the Castlegate House Gallery, Cockermouth, in 2005.

Winifred Nicholson: Liberation of Colour was shown at Mima, Middlesbrough, the Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham and Falmouth Art Gallery in 2016-2017.

Rosa Winifred Nicholson (nata Roberts, 1893-1981) è stata una pittrice ad olio, acquerello, tempera e matita, soprattutto di fiori e paesaggi.

Nata ad Oxford, ha frequentato la Byam Shaw School of Art.

Ha partecipato a vaste mostre miste nel corso della sua vita, inizialmente come Winifred Roberts, il suo nome da nubile.

Sposò il pittore Ben Nicholson nel 1920 e tenne la sua prima mostra personale alla Beaux Arts Gallery di Londra, come Winifred Nicholson nel 1927.

Fu membro della Seven and Five Society 1925-1935 e della NEAC 1937-1943.

Era la madre della pittrice Kate Nicholson.

Contribuì a Circle, International Survey of Constructive Art, nel 1937, progettò un tessuto "costruttivo" per la Edinburgh Weavers di Alastair Morton nello stesso anno, come Winifred Dacre, e con lo stesso nome mostrò quattro opere astratte in un'esposizione di arte costruttiva al London Gallery.

Fino a tarda età viaggiò molto, esponendo immagini della Cumbria, della Cornovaglia, delle Ebridi, della Francia, della Grecia e del Nord Africa.

Il suo lavoro successivo riguardava esperimenti sui colori prismatici.

Ha esposto a livello internazionale e le sue opere sono conservate in molte gallerie pubbliche tra cui The Tate, Bristol, Kettle's Yard, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Adelaide e Melbourne.