William Nicholson (artist)

Sir William Nicholson
William Nicholson, photographed in 1908 by Alvin Langdon Coburn
Born
William Newzam Prior Nicholson

5 February 1872 (1872-02-05)
Died16 May 1949 (1949-05-17) (aged 77)
NationalityBritish
Known forPainter of portraits, still-lifes and landscapes; engraver, graphic artist, illustrator
Spouses
(m. 1893; died 1918)
    Edith Stuart-Wortley
    (m. 1919, separated)
    Children5, including Ben, Nancy and Christopher
    Relatives

    Sir William Newzam Prior Nicholson (5 February 1872 – 16 May 1949) was a British painter of still-life, landscape and portraits. He also worked as a printmaker in techniques including woodcut, wood-engraving and lithography, as an illustrator, as an author of children's books and as a designer for the theatre.