JOHN NASH, R.A. (1893-1977) Spring Landscape. He served in The Artists Rifles during WWI.

It was a clear, windy autumn morning on the western shore of the Isle of Skye. I paused. The person I was with continued walking through a green field toward the ruins of a grey stone tower that stood on the edge of a cliff. Beyond her, the waters of the Little Minch were brilliant blue and white-capped, stretching to the Outer Hebrides in the distance. There was no one else around. As the moment unfolded, I knew that it was perfect. At the same instant, I felt a sudden awareness of the…

John Northcote Nash - Winter Scene, Buckinghamshire

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Artwork page for ‘Dorset Landscape’, John Nash, c.1915

John Northcote Nash (English, 1893-1977) A Gloucestershire Landscape, 1914. Oil on canvas.

It was a clear, windy autumn morning on the western shore of the Isle of Skye. I paused. The person I was with continued walking through a green field toward the ruins of a grey stone tower that stood on the edge of a cliff. Beyond her, the waters of the Little Minch were brilliant blue and white-capped, stretching to the Outer Hebrides in the distance. There was no one else around. As the moment unfolded, I knew that it was perfect. At the same instant, I felt a sudden awareness of the…

The following poem by Edwin Muir (1887-1959) has its origin in an incident that took place in post-World War II Czechoslovakia. At the time, Muir was serving as the director of the British Council in Prague. In much of his poetry, Muir portrayed life as having an underlying mythic timelessness about it. Thus, this poem seems to suggest more than a simple encounter with border guards. The Interrogation We could have crossed the road but hesitated, And then came the patrol; The leader…

Artwork page for ‘The Cornfield’, John Nash, 1918

blastedheath: “ John Nash (English, 1893-1977), Statue in a Garden, c.1928. Pencil and watercolour, 16 x 12 in. ”

John Nash. Suspension Bridge, Bath. 1927

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It was a clear, windy autumn morning on the western shore of the Isle of Skye. I paused. The person I was with continued walking through a green field toward the ruins of a grey stone tower that stood on the edge of a cliff. Beyond her, the waters of the Little Minch were brilliant blue and white-capped, stretching to the Outer Hebrides in the distance. There was no one else around. As the moment unfolded, I knew that it was perfect. At the same instant, I felt a sudden awareness of the…