NASH (John, 1893-1977, R.A., Painter, War Artist, Illustrator and Engraver)

Autograph Letter Signed to Anthony BERTRAM (1897-1978, writer on Art and Travel, biographer, 1955, of John Nash's brother Paul, 1889-1946), thanking him "for our nice weekend" [at Bignor], "the visit to Highdown was one I always wanted to pay ... We are just off to pay a visit to sister Barbara. Have you been to the show of Paul's photographs at the Arts Council?", 1 side 8vo, Bottengoms Farm, Wormingford, Essex, no date, circa November

Anthony Bertram was in the Infantry in WW1 and in MI6 during WW2. As early as 1923 he had written a short life of Paul for the series 'Contemporary British Artists' and was now starting a full length biography. He and his wife Barbara, 1906-2004 [not John's sister], married in 1929, and leased Bignor Manor, near Petworth. There in WW2 Barbara was housemother to resistance fighters on their way back to France.
Paul photographed objects whose surreal appearance stirred his imagination.

Item Date:  1951

Stock No:  54304      £65

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