September 23, 1977

John Nash (April 11, 1893 to September 23, 1977) is often referred to with his middle name  -- John Northcote Nash, and that may be because there are a lot of famous John Nash's. Our John Nash worked as a war artist in both wars. He fell in love with Bloomsbury artist Dora Carrington, and married her friend, Dorothy Christine Kulenthal. They were married 58 years, and Nash died within a year of his wife's demise.

Here is a piece from his work for the military, "Oppy Wood", 1917.



He did what most artists do. He taught at art schools, he worked as an art critic. A talented engraver he is remembered also for his book covers and illustrations. His genius is apparent in books like Gathorne-Hardy’s Wild Flowers in Britain (1938) for which he did the illustrations.

And he painted a lot of cats. Like these: