Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946)
Creator details
- Name
- Nevinson, Christopher Richard Wynne (1889-1946)
- Nationality
- English
- Biography
- (1889-1946)<br> Christopher Nevinson was an English painter whose formative years as a student were spent at the Slade School of Art (1909-12) in London. He was influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, as well as by Sandro Botticelli. The Futurist Exhibition of March 1912 held at the Sackville Gallery, London, proved decisive for his development. He continued his studies at the Academie Julien and the Cercle Russe in Paris, announcing his affiliation with Futurism by exhibiting a painting called Rising City (1912).<br> <br> By 1919 he declared that he had given up Futurism. Retreating instead to a more traditional vision, he painted some lively interpretations of New York, which fuse a lingering love of Futurist angularity with a new respect for naturalistic observation. Nevinson was at his best when dealing with the dynamism and vertiginous scale of big-city life. He saw the alarming aspects of urban dehumanisation and his most powerful canvases of the 1920s dramatise it with such titles as Soul of a Soulless City (1920). He was an official war artist. In later years he concentrated more on pastoral scenes and flower pieces, where a gentler mood prevailed. <br>
