Британская абстракция. Картины-рельефы Бена Николсона

Дина Николаевна Алешина

Authors

Dina N. Aleshina Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation Author

Keywords:

British abstract painting, abstractionism, Ben Nicholson, white reliefs, abstract and concrete

Abstract

The article is devoted to the unique features of the British abstraction. A question of the kind of Ben Nicholson’s abstract works is investigated for the fi rst time ever in the context of the creative development of the painter and his methods of achievement of the utmost concreteness in the British pure abstraction.

Author Biography

Dina N. Aleshina, Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation

Aleshina, Dina N. — Ph.D. student, Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. 17 Universitetskaia embankment, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation, 199034.

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