This is a critical edition of the art writings of the painter Paul Nash (1889-1946). Alongside the very different Wyndham Lewis, Nash was the only major British artist of his generation who was also a regular critic of, and essayist on, art. He knew and read the leading critics of his day,and evolved a distinctive position in relation to them. His relationship to British modernism and the mutual stimulus of art and criticism, the opening up of his criticism and that of others to poetic and literary influences under the influence of Surrealism is discussed by Andrew Causey. Nash'swritings span the years 1919 to 1946, with the majority dating from the 1930s; they were framed by his profession of painting and his activities as an art teacher, a product designer, and his involvement, as organiser and polemicist, in the art world. All of these helped for form the individualityof his writing.

Andrew Causey is Professor of Modern Art History, University of Manchester, and an OUP author.

Acknowledgements

ix

Note on Selection

x

Sources of Information

xi

List of Plates

xiii

INTRODUCTION

1

(34)

Early Writing

4

(2)

Contemporary Art

6

(7)

Art and Design

13

(4)

Unit One

17

(3)

English Landscapes

20

(6)

Surrelism

26

(3)

Farewell

29

(6)

PAUL NASH'S WRITINGS

35

(130)

'The Artist and the Public I. Harold Gilman and the Groups'. New Witness, 25 April 1919 (1)

37

(2)

'The Artist and the Public III. The Arts League of Service'. New Witness, 23 May 1919 (4)

39

(1)

'An English Ballet'. New Witness, 11 July 1919 (8)

40

(3)

'The French Exhibition at the Mansard Gallery'. New Witness, 22 August 1919 (11)

43

(2)

'A Loss to English Art'. New Witness, 14 November 1919 (15)

45

(2)

'Modern English Textiles'. Artwork, January-March 1926 (23)

47

(5)

'Woodcut Patterns'. The Woodcut: An Annual, no. 1. 1927 (24)

52

(1)

'Modern English Furnishing'. Architectural Review, January 1930 (26)

53

(5)

'Giorgio de Chirico'. The Listener, 29 April 1931 (32)

58

(3)

'Contemporary American Painting'. The Listener, 4 November 1931 (38)

61

(2)

'Art and Photography'. The Listener, 18 November 1931 (40)

63

(3)

'Nature, Life and Art'. Week-end Review, 5 December 1931 (41)

66

(2)

'The Artist and the Community'. The Listener, 20 January 1932 (46)

68

(2)

'The Pictorial Subject'. The Listener, 17 February 1932 (47)

70

(2)

'The Artist in the House'. The Listener, 16 March 1932 (50)

72

(1)

'Modern English Textiles I'. The Listener, 27 April 1932 (52)

73

(2)

'The Meaning of ``Modern''. Week-end Review, 16 July 1932 (58)

75

(1)

'Photography and Modern Art'. The Listener, 27 July 1932 (59)

76

(3)

'Abstract Art', The Listener, 17 August 1932 (60)

79

(2)

'The Artist and Industry', Week-end Review, 24 September 1932 (62)

81

(2)

'A Painter and a Sculptor', Week-end Review, 19 November 1932 (63)

83

(3)

Room and Book, Soncino Press, 1932 (64)

86

(9)

'Nature and Art'. Letter to The Times, 19 May 1933 (68)

95

(2)

''Unit One'': A New Group of Artists'. Letter to The Times, 12 June 1933 (69)

97

(2)

'A New Force in Art: What Unit One Stands For', The Observer, 18 June 1933 (70)

99

(2)

'Art and the English Press'. Week-end Review, 17 June 1933 (71)

101

(2)

'The Art of Picasso'. Letter to The Listener. 21 June 1933 (72)

103

(1)

'Unit One'. The Listener, 5 July 1933 (73)

104

(2)

'Unit One'. Letter to The Observer, 22 April 1934 (74)

106

(1)

Contribution to Unit One, ed. Herbert Read, 1934 (77)

107

(3)

'For, But Not With'. Axis, January 1935 (78)

110

(3)

'Art and Industry: The Royal Academy Exhibition'. Letter to The Times, 18 February 1935 (79)

113

(1)

'Ben Nicholson's Carved Reliefs'. Architectural Review, October 1935 (81)

114

(2)

Dorset Shell Guide. Architectural Press [1936] (83)

116

(9)

'Swanage or Seaside Surrealism'. Architectural Review, April 1936 (84)

125

(4)

'The Object'. Architectural Review, November 1936 (88)

129

(2)

'Surrealism and the Illustrated Book'. Signature, 5 March 1937 (90)

131

(3)

'A Characteristic'. Architectural Record, March 1937 (91)

134

(3)

'The Life of the Inanimate Object'. Country Life, 1 May 1937 (92)

137

(2)

'A New Poetry'. News Chronicle. 7 June 1937 (93)

139

(2)

'Watercolours, Drawings, Collages, Objects by Paul Nash'. Catalogue introduction, Redfern Gallery, 1937 (94)

141

(1)

'The Nest of the Wild Stones'. In The Painter's Object, ed. Myfanwy Evans, 1937 (95)

142

(2)

'Unseen Landscapes'. Country Life, 21 May 1938 (96)

144

(2)

'The Giant's Stride'. Architectural Review. September 1939 (101)

146

(4)

'Monster Field' [1939]. Counterpoint Publications, Oxford. 1946 (102)

150

(2)

'Bombers' Lair' [c.1942]. In Outline, 1949 (105)

152

(2)

'Stones' [1944?]. unpublished manuscript (109)

154

(1)

'Aerial Flowers', Counterpoint, I. 1945, reprinted Counterpoint Publications, Oxford, 1947(111)

155

(6)

'Notes on the Picture Called Farewell', Transformation, 3 [1945] (112)

161

(4)

Complete List of Paul Nash's Published Writings

165

(6)

Index

171

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