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Hamnett, Nina (1890-1956)

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Name
Hamnett, Nina (1890-1956)
Nationality
British
Biography
(1890-1965)<br> Nina Hamnett was a British painter and illustrator. She studied at the Pelham School of Art (1906-7), the London School of Art (1907-10) and at Marie Wassilieff’s Academy in Paris (1914) where Fernand Leger taught. <br> <br> Influenced by Fry and modern French art, Hamnett painted portraits, still-lifes, landscapes, café and pub scenes. Her declared ambition was ‘to paint psychological portraits that shall represent accurately the spirit of the age’. Hamnett excelled as a draughtsman. Her fluent, sensitive, often witty lines and simplified forms testify to the lasting influence of Gaudier-Brzeska and Modigliani. In Paris (1920-26) Hamnett was the best-known British woman painter, and friendly with Cocteau, Satie, Stravinsky and the composers known as Les Six.<br>
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Assets (33 in total)

Portrait of a Woman (oil on canvas)
The Student, 1917 (oil on canvas)
Der Sturm, c.1913 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Edward Wolfe, 1918
The Ring Master, c.1918 (oil on canvas)
Still Life, 1918 (oil on canvas)
No. 1 Still Life, c.1913 (oil on panel)
The Landlady, 1918 (oil on canvas)
Portrait of Mary Torr, 1924 (oil on canvas)
Study of Roger Fry (1866-1934), 1918 (pen & ink on paper)
Gentleman in Top Hat, 1919 (oil on canvas)
Still Life Flowers and Pallette, c.1921 (oil on canvas)
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