Online Lecture: Ben Nicholson, Piet Mondrian and the quest for precision

Mackelvie Society Lectures Series with Dr Sophie Matthiesson

Tuesday 7th September, 7:30 - 8:30pm, Online Lecture.

Join Senior Curator of International Art, Dr Sophie Matthiesson as she reconstructs the artistic dialogue between Dutch abstract painter, Piet Mondrian and his younger British colleague, Ben Nicholson. Their relationship flourished in north London in late 1938, when the two friends worked side by side in neighbouring studios as the clouds of World War II gathered.

Lecture held 7th September online.
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Ben Nicholson (England 1894–1982) 1939, oil on canvas,
560 x 711 mm Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from the Thanksgiving Foundation, 2008

Renee TannerAugust 22, 2021