Ides of March
Artist: Ben Nicholson (British, 1894-1982)
Date: 1952
Dimensions:
Painting: 36 × 30 in. (91.4 × 76.2 cm)
Frame: 40 3/4 × 34 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (103.5 × 88.3 × 3.2 cm)
Medium: Oil on canvas
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1952.90
Label Text:"Every movement of human life is affected by form and color, everything we see, touch, think, and feel is linked up with it, so that when an artist can use the element freely it can be an influence upon our lives."
Ben Nicholson was one of the most influential abstract artists in Britain, and 1952—the year he painted Ides of March—saw him gain a wider, international reputation as he won first prize at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh. Throughout his career, Nicholson freely moved back and forth from purely abstract to representational painting. What connection, if any, do you see in the painting to the title, the famous date of the assassination of Julius Caesar?
Ben Nicholson was one of the most influential abstract artists in Britain, and 1952—the year he painted Ides of March—saw him gain a wider, international reputation as he won first prize at the Carnegie International, Pittsburgh. Throughout his career, Nicholson freely moved back and forth from purely abstract to representational painting. What connection, if any, do you see in the painting to the title, the famous date of the assassination of Julius Caesar?
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