Beggarstaff brothers biography of william

Beggarstaffs J. & W. Beggarstaff
The Beggarstaffs, drawing of William Nicholson (left) and James Pryde by Phil May (1864–1903), first published in The Studio, September 1895

The Beggarstaffs, otherwise J.

The Beggarstaffs, otherwise J. & W. Beggarstaff, was the pseudonym used by the British artists William Nicholson and James Pryde for their collaborative.

The Beggarstaffs, otherwise J. & W. Beggarstaff, was the pseudonym used by the British artists William Nicholson and James Pryde for their collaborative.

A selected bibliography of sources pertaining to the singular work of the Beggarstaff Brothers: James Pryde () and William Nicholson ().

Two leading figures in the development of Modern British art, William Nicholson () and his brother-in-law James Pryde (), were at the.

Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February – 16 May ) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits.

Biography of British 20th Century painter, illustrator and graphic artist Sir William Nicholson.

& W. Beggarstaff, was the pseudonym used by the British artists William Nicholson and James Pryde for their collaborative partnership in the design of posters and other graphic work between 1894 and 1899. They are sometimes referred to as the Beggarstaff Brothers, but did not use this name.^[1]

The partnership

William Nicholson met his future wife Mabel "Prydie" Pryde in 1888 or 1889 at Hubert Herkomer's art school at Bushey, Herts, where both were students.

He met her elder brother James, who was also an artist, at about the same time. In 1893, Nicholson and Prydie eloped and were secretly married at Ruislip on 25 April. They went to live in what had been a pub, the Eight Bells at Denham, Bucks.

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