Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson
Portrait of Ben Nicholson by Mabel Pryde, circa 1910–1914
Born
Benjamin Lauder Nicholson

(1894-04-10)10 April 1894
Eight Bells, Denham, Buckinghamshire, England
Died6 February 1982(1982-02-06) (aged 87)
Hampstead, London, England
EducationThe Slade
Known forPainting
Movementabstract art
Spouses
(m. 1920; div. 1938)
(m. 1938; div. 1951)
Felicitas Vogler
(m. 1957; div. 1977)
Children6, including Kate and Simon
Parents
Relatives
AwardsOM
1934 (relief), Tate Modern, London

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.[1]