John Nicolson (artist)

John Nicolson (1891 in Scotland – September 3, 1951 in London) was a British artist, etcher and illustrator for books and periodicals.

For other people named John Nicolson, see John Nicolson.

John Nicolson, known as 'Jock', was an Associate of the Royal Society of Painter-Etchers and Engravers (A.R.E.),[1] a member of the Royal Society of British Artists (R.B.A), and a member of the Royal Watercolour Society (R.W.S.). He worked for magazines such as The Bystander and Piccadilly and for book publishers such as T. Fisher Unwin. He was well known for his drawings of dogs. He signed his work for books and periodicals 'Nick', typically underlined and with two small circles at either end. Nicolson and his wife Dorothy shared a house in south London between 1923 - 26 with the artist Edmund Blampied and his wife Marianne. Nicolson died in a traffic accident in London in September 1951.[2] He left behind a wife and two children, one of whom, Beatrice (Betty), was also an artist and a photographer, and was married to Albert Irvin R.A. (1922-2015).

Notes
  1. Hopkinson, M (1999). No day without a line. A history of the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers 1880 - 1999. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum.
  2. The Times, September 7, 1951,p 1



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