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Ben Nicholson

1894 - 1982

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Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, OM (10 April 1894 – 6 February 1982) was an English painter of abstract compositions (sometimes in low relief), landscapes, and still-life. He was one of the leading promoters of abstract art in England. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Nicholson is the 1,786th most popular painter (up from 1,875th in 2019), the 4,049th most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 4,292nd in 2019) and the 85th most popular British Painter.

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Among painters, Ben Nicholson ranks 1,786 out of 2,023. Before him are Peter Perez Burdett, Mikhail Matyushin, Helena Almeida, Peter Scott, Viktor Madarász, and Ulrika Pasch. After him are Ion Andreescu, John Frederick Kensett, Katherine Sophie Dreier, Guity Novin, Christen Dalsgaard, and Betzy Akersloot-Berg.

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Among people born in 1894, Ben Nicholson ranks 211. Before him are Estelle Taylor, Paul Peter Meouchi, Henry Daniell, Nikolai Chebotaryov, Hermanis Matisons, and Corinne Griffith. After him are Mahmud Taymur, Albert Préjean, James P. Johnson, Renzo De Vecchi, Georgy Ivanov, and Billy Gilbert. Among people deceased in 1982, Ben Nicholson ranks 218. Before him are Hal Foster, Jovan Miladinović, Francisco Martínez Soria, John Gardner, Marvin Stalder, and Frank Séchehaye. After him are Raghunath Murmu, Ruth First, Reta Shaw, Frederick Terman, László Sternberg, and Wiesław Maniak.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Ben Nicholson ranks 4,050 out of 8,785. Before him are John Byng (1704), Edgar Syers (1863), Arthur Smith Woodward (1864), Ron Tauranac (1925), Chris Blackwell (1937), and Brian Murphy (1932). After him are Patrick Malahide (1945), William Henry Smyth (1788), Claire Williams (1976), George Galloway (1954), Dean Smith (1971), and Hugh Edwin Strickland (1811).

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Among PAINTERS In United Kingdom

Among painters born in United Kingdom, Ben Nicholson ranks 85. Before him are Henry Scott Tuke (1858), William Dobson (1610), Frederick Sandys (1829), Lemuel Francis Abbott (1760), Peter Perez Burdett (1734), and Peter Scott (1909). After him are Tracey Emin (1963), Roger Dean (1944), Paul Sandby (1725), Helen Allingham (1848), L. S. Lowry (1887), and Mary Moser (1744).

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